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Vertical Limit

Hold your breath.

6.0(1,232)20002h 4m8

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

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Status
Released
Budget
$75M
Box office
$215.7M
Language
English
  • rescue
  • himalaya mountain range
  • mountaineer
  • pakistan
  • climbing
  • k2
  • survival
  • mountain climbing
  • mountaineering
  • adventurer
  • karakoram
  • tense

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Germany, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-138 Dec 2000
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1219 Jan 2001
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical148 Dec 2000
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TheatricalU8 Feb 2001
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-168 Dec 2000
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical21 Feb 2001
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1225 Jan 2001
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1312 Jan 2001
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical18 Jan 2001
  • HungaryHU

    • Digital / OTT1618 Jan 2001
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1219 Jan 2001
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG9 Dec 2000

Frequently asked questions

Vertical Limit was released on 8 December 2000.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JPV852

    5/4/2020

    7/10

    Some parts were dumb (the nitro bombs for instance) and the CGI not always the best (albeit this was 20 years ago, so some forgiveness) but I liked the cast, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn especially, and thought all in all was an entertaining enough survival-thriller. **3.25/5**

  • W

    Wuchak

    3/29/2021

    5/10

    _**A Fun Time but overKILL to the Extreme**_ I had high hopes for this film after seeing the thrilling opening sequence in Monument Valley, Utah; but, alas, it was not to be. THE STORY: A famous female climber gets stuck in an ice cave with two others near the top of K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. Her brother, who has sworn off climbing because of his father's climbing death, has no choice but to ass…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    9/6/2025

    6/10

    When a rock face climb robs “Peter” (Chris O’Donnell) and sister “Annie” (Robin Tunney) of their nobly sacrificing father, rather than abandon their climbing the siblings immerse themselves in ever more dangerous challenges - and few can be more so than the Himalayan K2. With wealthy Americans willing to pay millions of dollars for permits to ascend, this could prove lucrative even if some of them are so reckless as …

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