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Cliffhanger

1993

Renny Harlin

Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner ...

5.4

16,101

Action. Adventure. Thriller After a ranger (Sylvester Stallone) fails to rescue his partner's girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend, also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into one last mission. This time, the victims they are rescuing turn out to be deadly criminals who are hauling away a large amount of cash. Directed by Renny ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"This is a poor man's 'Die Hard'. It has the explosions, gunplay, and spectacular stunts, but little of the wit and intelligence. In other words, it's a typical summer action flick (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] delivers precisely what it promises. It's a big-budget extravaganza with a lot of stunts and special effects (...) True, there's not a moment in the plot that I could believe (...) That didn't bother me for an instant (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] is the modern equivalent of throwing Christians to the lions. It's an eroticism of nastiness -- triple-X fare for dirty old men in raincoats. If you resist this sleazy gorefest, you'll be right to feel proud of yourself."
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"[It] no doubt makes for a great coming attraction, but as a two-hour movie its claims are much more problematic."
		Mark Dinning Empire	"Action filmmaking at its best. A career high for director Harlin and arguably Stallone as well (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune	"Take away the mountains and what you have is a howlingly bad action film"
		David Ansen Newsweek	"[It] 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."
		Almar Haflidason BBC	"One of the best action thrillers of the 90s (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Much of it is effective, but much of it is just too much-too relentless, too overpowering and too mean-spirited-to be the kind of rousing adventure it means to be."

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