K2 | | Cast : | Michael Biehn, Matt Craven | | Director : | Franc Roddam | | Studio : | Front Row Video, Inc | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | May 01, 1992 | | DVD Released Date : | June 25, 2001 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 19, 2005 | | Summary | k2 | Content
 | the climbing is mostly realistic. the music is excellent if you like electrical guitar-actually the best part of the moive is the rock climbing/music combination.
A bit corny @ times, but a very inspirational movie!! |
| Rating | | | Date | October 10, 2004 | | Summary | Very good Movie, so-so DVD | Content
| First, I won't spend too much time reviewing this film, there are enough reviews on here, or elsewhere, that tell the story. This is a good movie, and while not great, arguably the best, or most accurate dramatic film on mountaineering (Touching the Void being a documentary). It's a good story, well acted, and there is some spectacular cinematography along with a great score.
As to the DVD, while I am very glad it exists in the first place, I was a bit disappointed. The sound is good, though only stereo. The picture quality is good, but it's in 4:3 pan and scan, (not the original letterboxed widescreen it was shot in). And there are no real extras. That's too bad as there could have been a lot here. Perhaps missed most of all is an isloation of Chaz Janke's excellent score, which was never made available on CD, and remains locked in a vault somewhere.
All in all, a very good movie, but an average DVD. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 04, 2004 | | Summary | More realistic movie than Cliffhanger and Vertical limit | Content
| K2 is more realistic and definitely better than the more successful blockbuster climbing movies such as 'Cliffhanger' and 'Vertical Limit'. This movie is shot on original location and has very few special effects unlike the other two. The story is also more believable. Unfortunately this movie was not marketed well enough because it is definitely one of the best climbing movies of all time. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 11, 2004 | | Summary | Raymond J. Barry is terrific in this flick | Content
| The climbing sequences, especially the one where all of them are having a break while hanging underneath a clift are enough to make you feel vertigo, and one thing that really makes the film feel authentic is in the cold weather, you can see their breath, so you know it WAS cold when they filmed it. This movie is worth seeing also for another thing - Raymond J. Barry. What a stud! When climbing the mountain you see him in skin-tight jeans, and the size of his thighs and glutes are amazing for a 50 year old man. The cameraman must have recognized this because you see Mr. Barry's glutes and hamstrings in almost every scene. What a body! He shames men half his age. Still, it is a little unbelievable for his character to have the body of a bodybuilder, but who cares? Oh, Michael Biehn is pretty good too. But as good as the film is, I still have no desire to ever climb a mountain! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 14, 2004 | | Summary | The quality is really bad | Content
| The story is ok but the quality of the DVD is really bad. Don't waste money for the DVD version |
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