after the unexpected accident that kill an inexperienced climber ( michelle joyner ) . eight month have pass . the rocky mountain rescue receive a distress call set by a brilliant terrorist mastermind eric quaien ( john lithgow ) . quaien have lose three large case that have million of dollar inside . two experienced climber walker ( sylvester stallone ) and tucker ( micheal rooker ) and a helicopter pilot ( janine turner ) be to the rescue but they be set by a trap by quaien and his men . now the two climber and pilot be force to play a deadly game of hide and seek . while quaien be try to find the million of dollar and he kidnap tucker to find the money . once tucker find the money and tucker will be dead . against explosive firepower and bitter cold and dizzy height . walker must outwit quaien for survival . direct by renny harlin ( drive and mindhunters and a nightmare on elm street 4 representthe dream master ) make an entertaining non stop action picture . this film be a spectacular and exciting and visually exciting action picture with plenty of dark humour as well . this be one of the big hit of 1993. this be one of harlin best film . lithgow be a terrific entertaining villain . stallone certainly make an short comeback of this sharp thriller . this be probably harlin best work a a filmmaker . dvd have an sharp anamorphic widescreen ( 2 . 35 represent1 ) transfer and an terrific dolby digital 5 . 1 surround sound . dvd have an running commentary track by the director with comment by stallone . dvd also have technical crew commentary as well . dvd have behind the scene featurette and two delete scene with introduction by the director and more . do not miss this great action film . screenplay by micheal france ( fantastic four ) and actor representstallone ( the rocky series ) . base on a premise by john long . excellent cinematography by alex thomson and b. s. c. ( alien³ and demolition man and legend ) . oscar nominate for best sound and best sound edit and best visual effect . panavision . ( or ) .