cliffhanger be a decent action crime adventure with some flaw from director renny harlin whose admirable in make this movie about an expert climber who find himself take hostage with a fellow friend by a gang of dangerous criminal on the search for suit case full of stolen cash in the rocky mountain . sylvester stallone be impressive a gabe walker the expert climber especially in the action or fight sequence but some of them definitely border on the line of unrealistic . for the sake of the film though i willing to suspend my disbelief . the rest of the cast include john lithgow and michael rooker and janine turner and rex linn and caroline goodall and and leon be respectable a the support character in the movie . the action or fight sequence be well execute but a mention before some aren not very realistic no matter how tough you be . the climb sequence however be very well do because instead of do the whole film in a studio somewhere the location they choose felt very real and the ariel view of the mountain range be marvelous add a touch of reality to the movie . the death be inventive while others be sort of predictable . the villain be solid but it would have be good if they have focus on a more central one instead of have many of them . the pacing of the movie be a little slow but the good outweigh the bad in this one . if youre a big fan of harlins or stallone than chance be you will enjoy this one too . overall cliffhanger have character development with enough action and drama and some suspense and excitement and thrill and and good performance by the cast who make this movie worth the time to watch .