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Vertical Limit (2000) is an action movie/thriller directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, No Escape) starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn. It narrates the attempted ascent of K2 by a group of alpinists, led by an ambitious multi-millionaire. But the climbing party get into serious jeopardy after an avalanche goes down, kills some of the members and traps others inside a crevasse. At the base, a rescue team is formed to rediscover their buried mates. The undertaking soon becomes a race against time as the victims run out of supplies and medicine against altitude sickness.

Main cast

Chris O'Donnell
- Peter Garrett
Robin Tunney
- Annie Garrett
Scott Glenn
- Montgomery Wick
Izabella Scorupco
- Monique Aubertine
Bill Paxton
- Elliot Vaughn

Facts about Vertical Limit

The film was shot on several locations including Monument Valley, New Zealand and Pakistan.
The budget was set at an estimated 75 million dollars.
The box office takings were some 69 million dollars.
The film earned restrained reactions from critics because of some obvious mistakes concerning mountaineering in high altitude.
Professional mountaineer Ed Viesturs has a cameo playing himself.

Controversy

Despite receiving mixed critical reaction, one supporter of the film at the time of its release was film critic David Manning who gave the film critical praise. In late 2001, however, Manning was revealed to be fictitious, created by Sony to fake publicity for the film.

As of August 2005, Sony has agreed to refund $5 to anyone who saw the film - as well as Hollow Man
, The Animal
, The Patriot
or A Knight's Tale - in American theatres between August 3, 2000 and October 31, 2001.

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