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Vertical limit
(2000)
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Chris O'donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn
our comment. "like überpreppie O'donnell wouldn't piss his pants while climbing a floppy disc"
A majestic airline owner with the help of an expert female climber, Annie Garrett and a bunch of people you just know are about too die, are preparing to summit K2 in a publicity stunt for the airline company. Well, whaddayaknow, all things go to hell, and they are suddenly trapped on K2 after a deadly avalanche. Chris O'donnell stars as Annie's brother,a retired mountain climber (now that's a new one! there's even a grudge/blame thing going on between the siblings over the death of their father) who overcomes his demons and leads a rescue mission to save his estranged sister and the members of her team.

Not for one single minute do you believe that this sorry bunch of losers are mountain climbers, like überpreppie O'donnell wouldn't piss his pants while climbing a floppy disc. I guess it's also just nit-picking to point out that our hero walks around in an altitude of 19.000 feet, in regular clothes!?

Investigation finished: 2001-05-30

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Story: 0/10 - It's all here, it's the world championship in predictability!

Acting: 0/10 - There's not a shred of acting coming across the screen here, people!

Violence: 1/10 - Strictly for little kids and die-hard fans of "Top Gun".

Nudity: 0/10 - "A hot and steamy sex scene on top of K2, no, we can't have that, we wouldn't want to underestimate the audience!"

Coolness: 0/10 - Keep your game-boy handy, kids. This could get boring!

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