Hold your breath.
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
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Classical in form, contemporary, relentless and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Chris O'DonnellPeter Garrett
- Robin TunneyAnnie Garrett
- Bill PaxtonElliot Vaughn
- Scott GlennMontgomery Wick
- Izabella ScorupcoMonique Aubertine
- Nicholas LeaTom McLaren
- Temuera MorrisonMajor Rasul
- Alexander SiddigKareem Nazir
- Stuart WilsonRoyce Garrett
- Augie DavisAziz
Crew
- Martin CampbellDirector
- Robert KingWriter
- Terry HayesWriter
- David TattersallDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Thom NobleEditor
- Martin CampbellProducer
- Robert KingProducer
- Lloyd PhillipsProducer
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