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Cliffhanger |  | Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Rex Linn
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  76 reviews
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0800127803
UPC: 043396522350
EAN: 9780800127800
ASIN: 0800127803
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 1993
Release Date: November 26, 1997
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Cliffhanger was a 1994 comeback of sorts for action hero Sylvester Stallone, this time thanks to director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2 and Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) and some spectacularly rugged and vertigo-inducing high- mountain terrain. The opening sequence alone delivers what the title promises, and there's a doozy of an airplane stunt that was later reprised, with modifications, in Air Force One. Stallone, looking as tough and craggy as the mountains themselves, is a rescue climber who finds himself going after a gang of crooks (headed by John Lithgow in his bad-guy mode) who've hijacked a U.S. Treasury plane and crash landed in the Rockies (played by the Italian Dolomites) with millions of bucks. Outrageous action-packed, snow-packed, and scenery-packed chase sequences (featuring whirring helicopters, whooshing skis, popping gunfire, and clanging pitons that earned the movie Oscar nominations for sound and sound editing) take full advantage of the digital video disc's Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. --Jim Emerson
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 Cliffhanger (Collector's Edition) February 16, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
A group of thieves led by Eric Qualen hijack a $100,000,000 delivery en route to a Denver credit union. Their plan to transfer the money mid-air to collaborators in another plane goes awry, and the hijackers crash land and lose the money in the surrounding mountains. They radio for help, and former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner Hal Tucker answer the call. Qualen and his men have a high-tech tracking device that shows them the locations of the three cases of missing money, but they need help traveling through the mountains, so they force Gabe and Hal to be their guides. Forced to scale a rock face in the middle of a snow storm, Gabe grabs some of the money and escapes. Gabe knows Qualen will kill Hal as soon as Qualen has the remaining cash, so, with fellow ranger Jessie Deighan, Gabe tries to reach the money before Qualen does. "Cliffhanger" is one of the most exciting action movies. A showcase of great scenes and stunts. John Lithgow's lead villain is entertaining, and one bad guy. Prepare yourselves for an awesome thrill ride.
Non-Stop Action Way Up High January 28, 2010
The Movie Man (Maywood, New Jersey USA)
In "Cliffhanger," Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) is a ranger with Rocky Mountain Rescue who finds himself going after a gang of crooks, headed by Qualen (John Lithgow), who have hijacked a U.S. Treasury plane and crash- landed in the Rockies with millions of dollars. The underlying theme is about Gabe losing his nerve because of a tragic accident that occurred during a rescue attempt. The mountainous location provides many opportunities for vertigo-inducing action scenes, with the nine-minute opening sequence easily the best. There's an avalanche; a plane crash; rough, frigid weather; a thrilling rescue attempt; and an in-air, plane-to-plane transfer of the stolen money.
Stallone fits his role nicely, but Lithgow steals the film. Director Renny Harlin manages to keep the pace brisk and incorporate one thrilling sequence after another. DVD/Blu-ray bonus features include commentary with Stallone and director Harlin, technical crew commentary, deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, storyboards, and theatrical trailer.
Blu-ray: If you thought "Air Force One" was a '90s film with great lossless audio, "Cliffhanger" also sounds great on Blu! January 26, 2010
Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California)
In 1993, Renny Harlin (director of "Die Hard 2) returned with a new action film starring Sylvester Stallone ("Rocky" and "Rambo" films), John Lithgow ("Dexter", "3rd Rock from the Sun"), Michael Rooker ("The Marine 2, "Jumper") and Janine Turner ("Friday Night Lights", "Strong Women", "Northern Exposure").
The film would feature cinematography by Alex Thomason ("The Scarlet Letter", "Demolition Man", "Hamlet") and music by composer Trevor Jones ("The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", "Around the World in 80 Days", "Dinotopia").
The film which cost around $65 million to make did well in the box office as it made over $255 million worldwide and received fairly positive reviews despite many rock climbers felt the depiction of rock climbing was too Hollywood, unrealistic and had quite a bit of inaccuracies.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"Cliffhanger" is presented in 1080p High Definition (2:40:1 Widescreen) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment did a great job in bringing this film to HD. The Italian alps look absolutely beautiful and there is great detail for the rocks, surrounding scenery. The film is not too vibrant as there is overcast and there are not many vibrant colors seen in the film. But there is extreme detail captured on the rocks and the ice/snow.
The scenery is just breathtaking and despite the cold and challenging conditions, director Renny Harlin and cinematographer Alex Thomson did a wonderful job in filming the location and various aerial views of people on the mountains.
There is a fine layer of grain on the film, skin tones are natural, blacks are nice and deep and for a 1993 film, no sign of muggy DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) that I can see in this film, nor did I see any major compression artifacts.
But what fans of the film will enjoy is the lossless audio track for "Cliffhanger". If you thought "Air Force One" sounded good on Blu-ray, Sony repeats the aggressive audio track for this film as helicopters, explosions and various sound effects are heard all around you. The surround channel is utilized heavily during the action sequences of the film as well as a good amount of LFE coming from the subwoofer. The film just sounds incredible! Dialogue is clear through the center channel and music and effects sounds great coming from the front channels.
Overall, impressive PQ and AQ with subtitles in English, English SDH and French.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Cliffhanger" comes with the following special features in standard definition, English stereo:
* movieIQ and BD-Live connects you to access real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie! - Note: You need a BD-Live (Profile 2.0) Blu-ray player that can connect to the Internet to access movieIQ.
* Commentary with Director Renny Harlin and Sylvester Stallone - Director Renny Harlin sets up the scenes and shows us what is real and what he wanted to accomplish with certain shots. Stallone talks about his scenes and how it was hard for him to film because he was scared of heights.
* Technical Crew Commentary - Commentary on the technical crew of how they accomplished the rock climbing and various action-based sequences of the film and challenges they experienced.
* A Personal Introduction from Renny Harlin - (4:53) Director Renny Harlin talks about how he got involved with "Cliffhanger" and working with Sylvester Stallone. Both men wanted to do something than your usual action film. Something with more depth and more serious in tone.
* Deleted Scenes - (8:18) Featuring two deleted scenes (Kings Leap, Ice Climb) plus an optional introduction by Director Renny Harlin (3:01) who discusses why the scenes were cut from the movie.
* Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger - (20:03) Featuring interviews with director Renny Harlan and the talents of the film. Featuring a behind-the-scenes making of the film, shooting on location in the Italian alps, the challenges that the filmmaker and talents had to endure and a tour through the set from Sylvester Stallone.
* Special Effects Featurettes - (7:24) Special effects featurettes for "Sarah's Fall" and "Helicopter Explosion" and commentary and video on how those two sequences were created.
* Storyboard Comparisons - (12:01) Storyboard comparisons for "Sarah's Fall", "Air-to-Zip Line" and "Helicopter Explosion". Featuring the storyboard sequences on the top and video on the bottom.
* Original Theatrical Trailer - (3:26) Includes an optional introduction by Renny Harlin.
JUDGMENT CALL:
"Cliffhanger" was definitely one of the enjoyable films that Sylvester Stallone did in the 1990's (along with "Judge Dredd"). After the disastrous "Rocky V" in 1990, Stallone started to do more international films throughout the 1990's and in this case, both he and director Renny Harlin wanted to do something different in their careers and that was to have an action film that was more serious in nature.
Personally, I enjoyed "Cliffhanger" when it came out in theaters but there were certain situations that bugged me at the time and that was mainly Sylvester Stallone in the very cold weather without a jacket, high up in altitude and climbing the mountain with a t-shirt (it's further explained by Sylvester Stallone in the commentary) but it was one of the scenes that I had a hard time believing especially in freezing temperatures.
But it was definitely an enjoyable Stallone film. Michael Rooker did a wonderful job in this film and the same with Janine Turner (and I'm glad that director Renny Harlin did not emphasize or use a major romantic sequence between Gabe and Jessie).
But I'm sure the question for fans of the film is if "Cliffhanger" is worth purchasing again? Especially if you owned the two previous DVD's that were released in 2000 and the Superbit version in 2004.
If you enjoyed this film, my answer is yes. The reason being is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has improved with the picture quality and audio quality of their films. Especially this 1993 film because in previous years, there was some DNR that made the film look to cloudy/waxy in appearance due to the DNR but with this film, you really can't tell it's 1993 when it comes to picture quality. Video looks absolutely great compared to the original DVD.
You see the details of the rocks quite well but the location of where the film is shot, looks great! The Italian Alps absolutely looks beautiful in this film and definitely an improvement from the DVD.
But the biggest improvement is the lossless audio. For those who have a modern receiver that can take advantage of the lossless 5.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack and have a good speaker setup are going to love how this film sounds. Since "Sony Pictures Home Entertainmen" released "Air Force Once" on Blu-ray, they have really found a way to take advantage of these older action films and "Cliffhanger" sounds remarkable on Blu-ray. The soundtrack is quite immersive and you hear the audio all around you.
The Blu-ray features the same special features from the original DVD with the exception of the photo gallery but all-in-all, for those who own the previous DVD's will just love how this film looks and sounds on Blu-ray.
As for those who have never seen the film, "Cliffhanger" is not the best Sylvester Stallone action film but its one, if not the best action film he released in the 1990's. Looking for an action film, definitely give "Cliffhanger" a try!
One of Stallone's better 90's movies 7.5/10 part 2 on Cliffhanger/Vertical Limit double feature reviews December 14, 2009
J. Paul (hell MI usa)
This was Stallone's comeback so to speak in the early 90's Stallone had done Rocky V which was a forgettable sequel Stop or my Mom will shoot which is f*****g awful. But Cliffhanger was a a good movie starring Sylvester Stallone as Mountain Rescue Climber Gabe Walker Jonathon Lithgow as Eric Qualen Micheal Rooker as Mountain Rescue Climber Hal Tucker Janine Turner as Jessie Deighan Michell Joyner as Sarah & Paul Winfield as Special Agent Walter Wright. Story you start off with Gabe, Hal & Sarah & Sarah is an inexperienced mountain climber while moving mountain top to helicopter Sarah's harness breaks Gabe tries to save her but is unsuccessful & she falls to her death Gabe leaves the Rocky Mountain area because of guilt. 8 months later he comes back to get his Girlfriend Jessie but she doesn't want to leave. Meanwhile there is a plane with millions of dollars on it when they do the plane to plane transfer (which is cool) 1 of the agents fight back the planes crash & they send out a distress signal.
Exciting ! December 14, 2009
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
The plot is a little weak, but the action is excellent.
Buy used and you will get your money's worth.
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