Cliffhanger [DVD]

One of my personal favourite Stallone films. Bad guys lose money on a mountain. They go looking for it. Stallone gets mixed up in it. Amazing cast. Amazing bad guy performance by John Lithgow. He’s so evil in this he steals every scene he’s in. An incredible plane stunt at the beginning of the film. This also looks incredible in 4K. Highly recommended.

Again very little to say other than when it says like newIt’s like just the plastic is taken off & maybe used a couple of times , and unlike a vhs tape a ccc does not degrade over time( something crazy like 200 year life span, So Lol nothing got us to worry about )So when it says like new you can say up to 90% of the cost and get a quality DVD or Blu Ray.. It’s a very handy feature & I’ve bought dozens & dozensLike new & never not one time had a single issue.*Cliffhanger* is a childhood movie for me , and a video I owed that the boys used to live to come over stay the night & watch 15+ or 18+ moviesAnd *Cliffhanger* was a staple in the 90’s Action & Adventure.. I want to get Daylight & a few more but I’m very happy with this purchase & you should not think twice it’s a great buy with lots of extras5 stars!!

It's all too easy to dismiss this movie as Die Hard on a Mountain but that would be an injustice to this high octane entertaining yarn from 1993.Gabe Walker (Stallone) plays a guilt-ridden mountain rescuer who absconds from his job after a rescue effort goes horribly wrong. Months later, he returns just in time to rescue victims of a plane crash, who unfortunately turn out to be Eric Qualen (John Lithgow with an unintentionally funny English accent) & his nasty cronies who have lost 100 million dollars over the Rockies in a botched mid-air raid (as you do).It's a surprisingly decent performance from Stallone, the action sequences are spot on, it's well scored, there's plenty of shocks in store when we expect heroics but get disaster, young & old innocents indiscriminately blown away and all against the backdrop of stunning photography of the mountain region it's set in.Highly recommended.By the way, IGNORE THE 2001 DVD RELEASE OF THIS FILM FROM MOMENTUM PICTURES - that is the Cliffhanger DVD with the orange cover - that version of the film is ridiculously edited & toned down for violence completely stripping the film of some of its most effective moments. This product link will show you the one I'm talking about:Cliffhanger [DVD] [1993]Instead go for the 2008 DVD release with the black cover from Optimum Home Entertainment for the uncut version of this really good film. Here's the link for thatCliffhanger [DVD]

This is one of Stallone's best films, in my opinion. It's a sort of "Die Hard in the mountains", but with a smaller cast. However, it is extremely entertaining and reasonably action-packed, so should hold your attention until the end credits. There are also some great stunts, some of which are very spectacular. I did read something in the press when this film was released that, allegedly, Stallone was wary of making this film, as he was afraid of heights! I get the impression that making this film high up in the mountains may well have cured him of this phobia, though...You may also be interested to know that this version released by Optimum is the complete, uncut version, for the very first time in the UK. So, we are treated to even more swearing, violence and also a racist comment that was censored previously. The BBFC originally cut this film heavily for its original cinema and video release. It was then released on DVD, in another cut version, which was even more noticeably censored than the versions before. This Optimum release was the first time that UK audiences could see the complete, uncut version of Cliffhanger, even though we had to wait a long time for it. Believe me, though, it was worth waiting for!I give this excellent film the full five stars. Watch this if you long for the days back when action films didn't ruin their action scenes with CGI and used proper stuntmen. I promise you, you won't regret it! If you haven't already seen it, buy it now! You'll be glad that you did.

Nothing to dislike just very fast moving and on the edge of your seat

A great action film. If you have teenage sons and popcorn and want a night in together for some father and sons time, this is the movie for you. And don't forget the classic words you must tell them to make yourself feel old... "I went to the cinema to see this when it first came out."

A truly awful screenplay collides head-on with some of the hammiest acting you'll ever see in this entertaining action romp about a group of mercenaries who co-opt a couple of mountain climbers into their attempt to locate briefcases full of money lost in a mountain wilderness. Sylvester Stallone is actually a little better than usual as the burly yet modest climbing expert while Michael Rooker offers sound presence as his estranged buddy. Janine Turner is there too but is much too bland to matter. Where Cliffhanger succeeds is in giving us a veritable kaleidoscope of nastiness in the bad guy department. From John Lithgow's master of withering insults to Rex Linn's crooked treasury agent and 24 carat rage-screamer to Caroline Goodall's murderous vixen (and a couple/three very punchable faces thrown in between), these guys are the best bunch of venom spitting henchmen since Die Hard. Alas, without much of a script to harness the interesting personalities which the actors bring to the party, that's all they remain and whatever fun there is to be had, is at watching these world class rats get their well deserved comeuppances. Oh yeah, the action is great too.