Review – Cliffhanger

Yes, indeed it is. One cliffhanger after another, as a matter of fact. But even without the brutal honesty of the title, what else would one expect from a Sylvester Stallone mountain climbing movie? There’s a weak excuse for a plot here someplace, some nonsense about estranged buddies versus evil skyjackers, but the story and characters are so obviously mere excuses for the action sequences, effects and vistas that it’s hard to criticize them for being bad. Some of the thrills are mildly thrilling, and I’m sure the endangered wildlife accidentally killed by the film crew would gladly have laid down their lives knowing that the mountainscapes were going to be so attractively photographed. See if desperate