Storyline
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
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Cast
Max Perlich, Caroline Goodall, Craig Fairbrass, Zach Grenier, Rosemary Dunsmore, Rex Linn, Vyto Ruginis, John Lithgow, Bruce McGill, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rooker, Paul Winfield, Gregory Scott Cummins, Kim Robillard, Don S. Davis, John Finn, Denis Forest, Leon, Ralph Waite, Scott Hoxby, Janine Turner, Michelle Joyner, Trey Brownell, Jeff Blynn
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Reviews
80
The New York Times
All of the performers are upstaged by the film's breathtaking backdrop, and by the fast and furious way Renny Harlin, the director, approaches action sequences.
80
Empire
Action filmmaking at its best; a career high for director Harlin and arguably Stallone as well.
78
It grabs you by the viscera in the opening prologue and for the next two hours rarely lets go.
75
Movies like this are machines for involving us and thrilling us. Cliffhanger is a fairly good machine.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
As directed by Renny Harlin (the director of Die Hard 2), Cliffhanger passes the principal tests of an action movie - it has truly awe-inspiring stunts and special effects and many of its suspense sequences will leave you with your heart in your mouth.
