Vertical Limit tells the story of 3 ill-fated mountain climbers attempting to reach the summit of K-2 who end up trapped during an avalanche, and the rescue attempt to save them.
Oh, the agony, the cold, the discomfort, the pain, and the long wait for the inevitable end of it all. Not the climbers, ME waiting for this incredibly awful movie to finish. In fact, if you ever have the choice of being trapped, halfway up a mountain, or of having to watch this movie, then I advise you to don that parka and long underwear.
In this year of only so-so movies, Vertical Limit ranks right ahead of The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as worst movie of the year. How can I put it constructively? It stinks!!!!!!!!
Dialogue no one should ever be allowed to write, let alone speak. Special effects that look so bad, they might as well have left the blue screen in place. Lack of any credible tension. Not one character you can care about. By the end I was just hoping they would all die, along with the writers, directors and producers of this amazingly bad film.
Is there anything good I can say about this movie? The performances weren't horrible. Actually, this movie is the perfect example of how little the actors can actually contribute to a movie. No actor in the world could have made this movie enjoyable, unless Elizabeth Hurley performed all the roles in the nude.
I can not stress this enough, stay away from this movie as if they were handing out the Black Plague along with the tickets. If it wasn't against our policy here at Three Movie Buffs to give out zero stars, this movie would not be getting any. Just trust me that the one star it is receiving is more generous than it deserves.
