Rating: PG-13 (intense life/death situations and brief strong language)
Length: 124 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

English, French

A brother and sister have parted ways after their father died while they were rock climbing. She remained a climber, he gave up the sport. When she is trapped on K2 and the amount of time she can survive is limited, he must forgo his fears and organize a rescue.

The number one reason to watch this movie is the stunning video and scenery! The video is crisp and the object of the movie, the mountain, is the perfect subject for dvd and high definition TVs. Bill Paxton plays the perfect jerk and Robin Tunney is certainly worth risking your neck to save.

The plot/subplots for this film are not original:

• Somebody willing to risk their life to save a member of their family at all costs.
• A filthy rich man willing to do anything and sacrifice anyone to attain a goal for ego, money and above all else, survival.
• One person who's out strictly for revenge against someone with a secret past.
• Lots of danger and life defying events.

• Martin Campbell and Lloyd Phillips Commentary
• HBO Making-Of Special
• Search and Rescue Tales
• National Geographic Channel's Quest for K2
• Talent Files
• Production Notes
• Link To Website
• Theatrical Trailers

I never wanted to climb a ridiculously high and dangerous mountain before seeing this movie; this film reinforced the sanity of that decision. There's not a lot of originality here other than the movie takes place on top of a treacherous mountain. This film was shot on the side of a mountain, not in a sound stage with tons of CGI, and the actors had to learn how to climb. The mountain and how well it is shot is the true star of this film.

Martin Campbell   [GoldenEye, The Legend of Zorro, The Mask of Zorro]

Augie Davis - Aziz

Scott Glenn - Montgomery Wick

[Absolute Power, Apocalypse Now, Buffalo Soldiers, The Hunt for Red October, The Right Stuff, The Silence of the Lambs, Silverado, Training Day]

Chris O'Donnell - Peter Garrett

[Batman & Robin, Batman Forever]

Steve Le Marquand - Cyril Bench

Nicholas Lea - Tom McLaren

[Chaos]

Ben Mendelsohn - Malcolm Bench

Temuera Morrison - Major Rasul

[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Six Days Seven Nights, Star Wars Episode II/III]

Bill Paxton - Elliot Vaughn

[Aliens, Apollo 13, Frailty, Near Dark, Predator 2, Streets of Fire, Titanic, True Lies, Twister, U-571]

Izabella Scorupco - Monique Aubertine

[Exorcist: The Beginning, GoldenEye, Reign of Fire]

Roshan Seth - Colonel Amir Salim

[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]

Alexander Siddig - Kareem Nazir

[Doomsday, Kingdom of Heaven, Reign of Fire]

Robert Taylor - Skip Taylor

[The Matrix, Storm Warning]

Robin Tunney - Annie Garrett

[The Craft, End of Days, Supernova]

Alejandro Valdes-Rochin - Sergeant Asim

Stuart Wilson - Royce Garrett

[Enemy of the State, Lethal Weapon 3, The Mask of Zorro, Princess of Thieves]