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Undoubtedly
this is a film geared towards those movie watchers who
love high adrenaline action.
It's
not surprising that Vertical Limit's director Martin
Campbell can list the Bond film Goldeneye among
his credits. If you remember the opening scene with Bond
leaping off a dam in order to infiltrate a Russian military
installation you'll get the idea of what the majority
of Vertical Limit is about.
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| Let's
get this rescue mission of the road |
It's
basically a rescue mission. Peter Garrett's (Chris O'Donnell)
sister Annie (Robin Tunney) becomes trapped by an avalanche
on K2. Her party also includes millionaire Elliot Vaughn
(Bill Paxton).
Lucky
for her, photographer brother Peter is close by to join
the rescue party headed by "do it my way" Montgomery
Wick (Scott Glenn).
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| Hey,
it's too quiet. That must mean...avalanche |
Six
willing souls set off and that's the cue for a sequence
of top notch set-pieces where avalanches, helicopters
and explosives rule the roost.
For
lovers of high octane films like Mission Impossible
2 and Charlie's Angels this is a must. But
in all honesty you could probably head up the M1 to IMAX
in Bradford and get a similar effect watching a mountaineering
film on a giant screen at the National Museum of Photography
Film and Television.
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| Don't
worry. You'll be rescued by the end credits...maybe! |
However
good the effects, the feeling is that these type of movies
are becoming too common. Moving a few pyrotechnic sequences
from a major city to a mountain range can only sustain
interest for a short time.
Fine
for it's type, but Hollywood really needs a movie rethink.
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