The Climbers

2019 123 min ★ 6.3 Adventure, Action, Drama, History

Upon learning that the international community does not recognize China's ascent of Mount Everest during May 1960 owing to a lack of videographic evidence from the summit, three members on the team rally together a group of young hopefuls to reach the world's highest point.

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Cast

Wu Jing

Fang Wuzhou

Zhang Ziyi

Xu Ying

Zhang Yi

Qu Songlin

Jing Boran

Li Guoliang

Hu Ge

Yang Guang

Wang Jingchun

Zhao Kun

Chen Long

Lin Jie

He Lin

Zhao Hong

Jackie Chan

Old Yang Guang

Choenyi Tsering

Black Peony

Details

Director

Daniel Lee

Screenplay

Alai

Status

Released

Original Language

ZH

Production

Shanghai Film Group 上海电影（集团）(SFG)

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

January 30, 2022

★ 8/10

I have watched a lot of accounts and dramatizations of mountaineering expeditions, but this is the oddest one I have seen. I guess it is because this film tries to be more than one genre. It is part thriller, part documentary of Chinese Himalayan history, part romance and some propaganda thrown in for good measure. Too much of everything at different times, it seemed to me. The thriller part wa...