Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
Practical Effects
Real mountain locations in New Zealand standing in for K2.
Stunts
That crevasse fall? Actual stunt performers, actual terror.
Direction
Martin Campbell squeezes every drop of tension from vertical space.
Director
Martin Campbell
Chris O'Donnell
Peter Garrett
Robin Tunney
Annie Garrett
Bill Paxton
Elliot Vaughn
Scott Glenn
Montgomery Wick
Izabella Scorupco
Monique Aubertine
Nicholas Lea
Tom McLaren
Temuera Morrison
Major Rasul
Alexander Siddig
Kareem Nazir
Stuart Wilson
Royce Garrett
Augie Davis
Aziz
Roshan Seth
Colonel Amir Salim
Steve Le Marquand
Cyril Bench
Ben Mendelsohn
Malcolm Bench
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Mount Everest on a soundstage' approach was rejected; they filmed on New Zealand's Mount Cook at 12,000 feet with cast experiencing real altitude sickness.
Released months after Touching the Nomad and Into Thin Air's Everest disaster, it rode a wave of morbid mountain fascination—then got demolished by Cliffhanger comparisons.
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