This film actually had potential. If you are one of the scorched movie goers that Hollywood targets nowadays -- one who needs to be titillated every minute with visual stimulation -- it's a fun movie. But any involvement with the film on a deeper level is quenched by the constant barrage of improbable, silly, overdone, more-more-more, action scenes. The movie served the scenes, instead of the scenes serving the movie/plot/story. And it's such a shame, because, it actually had a decent story premise, but the over-the-top action killed the emotional empathy that I had for any of the characters. The script must be what attracted a fine actor like Scott Glenn -- but then, no actor has control over what finally ends up on the screen. Again, a fun movie if action is all you want -- but this film could have been a lot more.
Review of Vertical Limit
