Vertical Limit

2000 124 min ★ 6.0 Adventure, Action, Thriller

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

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Cast

Chris O'Donnell

Peter Garrett

Robin Tunney

Annie Garrett

Bill Paxton

Elliot Vaughn

Scott Glenn

Montgomery Wick

Izabella Scorupco

Monique Aubertine

Nicholas Lea

Tom McLaren

Temuera Morrison

Major Rasul

Alexander Siddig

Kareem Nazir

Stuart Wilson

Royce Garrett

Augie Davis

Aziz

Details

Director

Martin Campbell

Tagline

"Hold your breath."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$75,000,000

Revenue

$215,663,859

Production

Global Medien KG, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

J

JPV852

May 4, 2020

★ 7/10

Some parts were dumb (the nitro bombs for instance) and the CGI not always the best (albeit this was 20 years ago, so some forgiveness) but I liked the cast, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn especially, and thought all in all was an entertaining enough survival-thriller. **3.25/5**

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Wuchak

March 29, 2021

★ 5/10

_**A Fun Time but overKILL to the Extreme**_ I had high hopes for this film after seeing the thrilling opening sequence in Monument Valley, Utah; but, alas, it was not to be. THE STORY: A famous female climber gets stuck in an ice cave with two others near the top of K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. Her brother, who has sworn off climbing because of his father's climbing death, has ...

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CinemaSerf

September 6, 2025

★ 6/10

When a rock face climb robs “Peter” (Chris O’Donnell) and sister “Annie” (Robin Tunney) of their nobly sacrificing father, rather than abandon their climbing the siblings immerse themselves in ever more dangerous challenges - and few can be more so than the Himalayan K2. With wealthy Americans willing to pay millions of dollars for permits to ascend, this could prove lucrative even if some of them...