The movie was shot at 10,000 feet above sea level on Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and does a very convincing job for the most part of placing an audience smack in the middle of cold, high-altitude terrain. Apart from a few obviously fake snowflakes and a jerky computer-generated avalanche scene, Vertical Limit sets up strikingly real mountain elements of glaciers, steep terrain and stormy conditions. But all of the well-observed details in the world can't redeem Vertical Limit for its penchant for explosions. If you like to get beat on the head with action, Vertical Limit doesn't know when or why to quit. Pay It Forward dug its own grave.
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