Review of Cliffhanger (1993) by Stuart K — 23 Sep 2008
One of Sylvester Stallone's best films, post Rocky and Rambo. A very suspenseful action film, and one of the few great action films of the 1990's. Sly plays Gabe Walker, an expert mountain climber and rescue worker, who quit his job after a tragedy.
But, he is soon called back to those perilous peaks once again after a heist involving the theft of 3 cases containing $100 million which belongs to the U.S. treasury is lost in the mountains by a bunch of thieves led by Eric Qualen (John Lithgow, with a comedy English accent :P).
But, Gabe isn't gonna take any shit from this lot, and tries to ensure they don't get away with it. It's very well made and it's very suspenseful as well, with some of the rock climbing stunts being amongst the most breath-taking ever caught on film, director Renny Harlin also does well with the action as well, it's very violent, but in the long term, it's just a load of big, dumb fun!! :D.
This review of Cliffhanger (1993) was written by Stuart K on 23 Sep 2008.
Cliffhanger has generally received positive reviews.
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