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Vertical Limit

2000 · Film · 124 min

  • Adventure
  • Action
  • Thriller

Plot

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.

About Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit is a 2000 American survival thriller film directed by Martin Campbell, written by Robert King, and starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, and Scott Glenn. The film was released on December 8, 2000, in the United States by Columbia Pictures, receiving mixed reviews and grossed $215 million at the box office. The plot follows a rescue attempt on K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, after a team of climbers are trapped in a crevasse. The film was the third collaboration between Campbell and actor Stuart Wilson, after No Escape (1994) and The Mask of Zorro (1998).

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Cast

  • Chris O'DonnellPeter Garrett
  • Robin TunneyAnnie Garrett
  • Bill PaxtonElliot Vaughn
  • Scott GlennMontgomery Wick
  • Izabella ScorupcoMonique Aubertine
  • Nicholas LeaTom McLaren
  • Temuera MorrisonMajor Rasul
  • Alexander SiddigKareem Nazir
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