mount godwin austin ( otherwise know a k2 ) be the world second high mountain and and if the evidence present in this film be to be believe be the hard mountain to climb successfully without get yourself kill . k2 be basically a buddy flick set in the breathtakingly dangerous world of mountaineer . while the outdoor photography take in some truly awesome scenery and the character stand in front of all those glorious landscape be a crash bore and therein lie the fault with the whole film . cocksure lawyer taylor brook ( michael biehn ) and his quiet married friend harold jamieson ( matt craven ) spend their free time rock climb . during one of their trip and they meet up with another bunch of climber fund by wealthy mountain enthusiast philip claibourne ( raymond j. barry ) . claibourne team be in train for a forthcoming shot at the infamous k2 and a mountain that taylor and harold would both love to tackle but could never afford to do so . during their training run and however and two of claibourne team get themselves kill in an avalanche . taylor and harold put themselves forward a potential replacement . despite initial reluctance and claibourne give them the nod of approval and the pair find themselves join his team in the himalaya . harold wife cindy ( julia nickson soul ) be distraught that her husband be go to take on such a dangerous climb and especially since he have recently become a father . tension in the climbing team mount a taylor repeatedly clash with another member of the group and the equally brash and arrogant dallas woolf ( luca bercovici ) . meanwhile and claibourne himself grow increasingly ill a altitude sickness take it toll on his body . will the guy reach the peak of k2 and or be their quest destine to end in disappointment and or even death . k2 spend an inordinately long time introduce it somewhat dislikeable character . biehn a a foul mouth and pushy and adventurous type be especially hard to like and a be barry a the hard nosed mountaineering millionaire . but on the other side of the coin and craven be so dull that it become difficult to believe his wife could possibly give a damn about him go off to climb k2 heck and she would be good off if he never come back . round off the main character be bercovici and whose characterisation a dallas woolf be a campy and over the top a every other role he ever play . the story itself be totally tame and disposable just a straightforward yarn about guy try to reach the top of a mountain . there a bit of male bond throw in and but the whole subplot about harold and his wife amount to nil and and the personality clash between taylor and dallas ring totally false . k2 score it few merit solely from the stun cinematography by gabriel berastain during the himalayan sequence and the scale and awe of the mountain be quite nicely captured . i be completely with critic kim newman on this one and who hilariously state in empire magazine represent on this evidence and climb k2 can not be any hard than sit through it . quite true and kim and quite true .