Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit

2000 · 2 hr 4 min · PG-13

Action, Adventure, Drama

Directors

Martin Campbell

Actors

  • Scott Glenn
  • Chris O'Donnell
  • Bill Paxton

Credits: 5

Summary

A climber must rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second highest mountain in the world .

More about this movie

A high-adrenaline tale of young climber Peter Garrett, who must launch a treacherous and extraordinary rescue effort up K2, the world's second-highest peak. Confronting both his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements, Peter risks his life to save his sister, Annie, and her summit team in a race against time. The team is trapped in an icy grave at 26,000 feet - a death zone above the vertical limit of endurance where the human body cannot survive for long. Every second counts as Peter enlists the help of a crew of fellow climbers, including eccentric, reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick, to ascend the chilling might of the world's most feared peak to save her.