
Whilst crossing a ledge, 4000 feet above the earth, Gabe's friend's equipment fails to work and she slips out of his hand, falling to the ground. Almost a year later, Gabe is asked to go back to the same mountain range and rescue a group of 'stranded' people. The only catch is that these so called 'stranded' people are in fact looking for three boxes filled with $100,000,000 and they need a mountain ranger to lead them to them!!... (Full plot summary below)
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Whilst crossing a ledge, 4000 feet above the earth, Gabe's friend's equipment fails to work and she slips out of his hand, falling to the ground. Almost a year later, Gabe is asked to go back to the same mountain range and rescue a group of 'stranded' people. The only catch is that these so called 'stranded' people are in fact looking for three boxes filled with $100,000,000 and they need a mountain ranger to lead them to them!!
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| VarietyTodd McCarthyBut where most rugged he-man films feature a few action sequences scattered throughout, director Renny Harlin keeps the adventure stuff in this reputed $ 65 million production coming at an astonishing pace. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMovies like this are machines for involving us and thrilling us. Cliffhanger is a fairly good machine. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellAll 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. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonIts special effects and scenery tower over its dialogue, its plotting and its character development, which are near rock bottom. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThere's a visceral charge to the high-altitude chase scenes, but the thriller ultimately falls flat, even on its own limited terms. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenCliffhanger does its damnedest to see that the audience gets its money's worth of thrills. But for all the state-of-the-art stunt work, the movie has little personality; it's ice cream without flavor. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Christopher HarrisAs 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. |
| EmpireMark DinningAction filmmaking at its best; a career high for director Harlin and arguably Stallone as well. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrLike the roller-coaster ride Cliffhanger clearly wants to be, the film sends you out pleasantly rattled and wobbly of gait. |
| TimeRichard SchickelDirector Harlin's only large mistake is staging the several violent deaths too authentically. They momentarily mar the high-speed implausibility of a movie that, like his Die Hard 2, agreeably combines the edgy and the genial. |