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Cliffhanger

1993Movie1 h 53 minR

63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.5Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic596.8Rotten Tomatoes67%53%
63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.5Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic596.8Rotten Tomatoes67%53%

Summary

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.

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  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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  • You want something to laugh at
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  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you inside a crime.

Not for laughs, big ideas or warmth.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Re-Cutin 699 titlesOn the plane shootout an agent is shot twice in the chest, in the NC-17 work print it shows a second or so more of him feeling the impacts in slow-motion.Failsafe Failurein 195 titlesThe film starts with Gabe climbing up a mountain to rescue Hal and Sarah: to get to the rescue helicopter they have to pull themselves on a line stretched across a chasm, suspended by their climbing…All 128 tropes

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