RE-UPLOAD - CLIFFHANGER (1993) - Retrospective / Review 

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Lithgow was brilliant in this. I love his line: "WALKAH! You resilient bawstid!" Haha

Couldn't disagree more about Lithgow. He's utterly chilling as the bad guy in this.

Love this film, especially the terrifying opening sequence. One thing I thought about after watching it a few times....Hal is mad at Gabe and blames him for Sarah's death, yet he is the one who brought her up there knowing she couldn't climb very well. I think he should blame himself! After nearly 1 year, he still can't realize that? Yeah, ok. JS

Lithgow was badass in this! really menacing. especially having come in last minute.

They just don't make films like this anymore, which is a shame. Because you can watch these over & over again. Great review. I would like to officially request you re-do Dune in the future! lol! FUCK SONY.

i live near these mountains :) a great place to live ....in summer!

I wish there were more movie's like this these day's. Personally think there's too many superhero movie's, I'm so burnt out with them. But they make money so you can't blame Hollywood.

My cousin and I saw this around Xmas time as kids on cable. It's been a tradition on Xmas day ever since. Timeless classic. Lithgow was both hilarious and stone cold evil. And Travers was so over the top we thought he'd have an aneurysm! Smashing job as always Oliver!

The actress that plays the girlfriend that falls was so great. She gets me every time. I used to fast forward her scene sometimes because I felt for her.

John Lithgow can do no wrong EVER.

Another classic by the great Oliver! That Cliffhanger video game was too difficult though, I never made it pass the avalanche.

Great exciting movie, I've seen it many times, but the scene that stands out like a sore thumb for me is when the two teenagers are base jumping from the top of the cliff. Then it cuts to the next scene and the teens are a couple of miles in the air free falling. How high was that cliff they jumped from anyways? lol.

I've been meaning to give this a rewatch again. Such a return for Stallone and I think Renny Harlin is a good director despite the crap scripts he gets.

I used to watch this on VHS religiously and just saw it today for the first time in over a decade. Still a great action movie, 90s-era or otherwise!

John Lithgow will always be the dad in Harry and the Hendersons to me

Lithgow adding the c in amp in this and Rooker playing himself for the 100th time but a fabulous film!!

In junior high school, I asked a friend if I could barrow his _Cliff Hanger_ VHS as I hadn't seen it yet. At home, I started watching it and was so confused as Jim Cary to trying to save a raccoon. The next day, I got the actual VHS. When I started watching it, I was like WTF? He gave me the wrong video tape again!... Little did I know haha

Glad to see Oliver gave this a good review. I saw it in the theaters in 1993, expecting little (given Stallone's prior flops, as mentioned here) and was very pleasantly surprised. I haven't seen it since and so am a little hazy but I thought Lithgow was a terrific villain here.

I liked this movie (just finished watching it again, actually); it was well-done. My problem with the movie is that it never tops its opening 20 minutes; the rescue sequence is a genuinely heart-pounding scene the first time you see it, and the hijacking scene was well-staged and has that great wire stunt. But no action sequence after that even comes close to those two. John Lithgow had some really good lines as the villain. They were also the only good lines in the movie; much of the dialog is atrocious, especially in the first half of the movie. Michael Rooker deserved an Oscar for delivering the "He'll be the one wearing a helicopter" line with a straight face. Once the bullets start flying there's not much time for talking, thankfully. Still a good movie though, and it has one of the all-time great action film trailers. It just kind of shoots its load too early.

this is one of the few movies I grew up with as a kid! mentioning the other Renny Harlin films, I would love to see you do a retrospective/review on his other films, yes that includes "Cutthroat Island" now mind you and anyone who sees this comment, and I don't care what anyone says! I grew up watching "Cutthroat Island" and it was at first my favorite Pirate movie before Pirates of the Caribbean came into play! so I know a lot of people say it's a bad movie, but honestly I don't see anything wrong with that movie at all! so I would like to hear your opinion on that movie if possible! thank you!

Great review Oli as usual!! I'm 40 & only just watched this for the first time!! One of those 'always wanted to watch but never got round to'. I picked up the 4K for this release & it looks AMAZING!! 👍

I really like this movie, the action was good, and some of the effects/stunts were really amazing. Definitely one of my favorites from Stallone.

I recently saw this movie (about 10 min ago) and it was better than I expected. I miss these kinds of movies. As soon as the movies finished I searched for movie review and clicked fast on this video. I know Oliver never disappoints :)

This movie feels SO much older than Jurassic Park. I always assumed it was an 80s movie. The score, the title lettering, and the color grading/picture quality/SFX all felt so 80s. Not to mention the ridiculous rock climbing techniques that were incredibly outdated when not just plain wrong

12:58 *Long Kiss Goodnight* would be a great review!

Any plans to do a retrospective on Serenity (2005) ?

I love Cliffhanger, but I also love Oscar. I still to this day don't understand why people don't like it. I think it was really funny, and I've seen it so many times I can almost quote it word for word.

I’d love to see you do a retro review of “The Last of the Mohicans”, as you mentioned the similarity in the main title score cause of the same composer. Last of the Mohicans is one of my favorite movies/ movie soundtracks of all time!

Absolutely beautiful soundtrack, a nice piece of Americana, ranking right up there with Aaron Copland.

I was really young when I saw this in the theatre. Brought my gf. It was my first date. I was 10 or 11 at the time and I like the movie. Haven't seen it since.

Ever thought of doing a retrospective review of Luc Besson's 'Nikita'? I reckon it would be a good one to do, especially as it would be a bit different as I don't think you've done many French movies (can only think of 'The Fifth Element').

I loved this movie. It's one of the last 90s action blockbusters I really dug.

its die hard on a mountain

Cliffhanger looks like a really good film. I wonder if this' what Between the Lions parodied. Great video Oliver.

9:02 Pretty sure fruit bats are tropical and tend NOT to live in the cold areas... hence the word "fruit". Not a lot of bananas or mangos in the Rocky Mountains, last I heard

The pioneer special edition laserdiscs are amazing

Fuck sorry about your videos constantly being taken down! Keep up the good work

This is a true guilty pleasure of mine. The opening is brilliant and the woman falling always gets to me. One of Sly's best action movies and far better then Daylight and I think better The Specialist or Assasins. Shame the sets were used as they're terrible.

Great movie and always a pleasure to rewatch.

Hey Oliver, great work as usual. Any plans for a 1995 Ghost in the Shell Retrospective?

This was my first R rated movie that I ever saw and it blew me away as a kid. Great cast

stallone was such a fckin legend in the 90s.

I hope someday they release the uncut version! I had the Sega CD game and laser disk! The soundtrack was awesome but yeah it did sound like LOTM lol.

Cliffhanger on ITV4 9pm today or watch an hour later on ITV4+1.

That first scene where his daughter is killed haunted me from childhood

Wow. Christopher Walken was going to be the villian? Cool trivia note.

At the time I could never understand how this beat Last Action Hero. I saw them both and all the film reviewers loved this film and hated Arnies Mega Blockbuster. I was so baffled because I thought Cliffhanger was quite ordinary and a bit naff and I never saw it again. Your review further solidifys my feeling on any second viewing. Your review for me is all I need. Well done.

I echo Joey servo. Lithgow is so memorable as the chief henchman with great one liners like : " kill a few people and they call you a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror - go figure!"

My favorite movie of all time

John Lithgow is superb in Cliffhanger, and it’s my favourite role of his. This is definitely Renny Harlin’s best movie, followed by The Long Kiss Goodnight and Die Hard 2.

Great action movie, even the bad guys had character and were likable in their own way. One of Slys most underrated movies.

The scene at the beginning where the woman falls to her death scared the shit out of me when I first saw this as a kid

Ronny Harlin ripped off a lot of Die Hard action scenes for this movie, but he did it damn well and it's Stallone's best movie

Could you review Beetlejuice? It's a great film with unique effects, funny actors and an amazingly weird and epic Danny Elfman score!

I always like movie where the bad guy is that goofy alien from 3rd Rock From the Sun.

Anyone notice that the actress who played Sarah (who died in the beginning) also played the mum who died of Mutaba in Outbreak?

Best thing about this movie was how everyone in the film had at least one line where they antagonize that poor bald henchman.

I used to be a cliffhanger. Then I took a rock to the knee

Jannie Turner, no mention of her? I think of her whenever Cliffhanger is on TV, I think she was a great actor especially in this movie.

The music reminds me of Predator

So that's where Bane got that idea from

good movie

They actually did make that jump scene in Vertaical Limit. It looks just as ridiculous as one can imagine.

I really love this movie lol. Sound design was pretty good too. They nailed the sounds of the carabeaners lol

A Renny master piece,Lithgow proves again like he did in Richochet how memorable of a villain 🦹‍♂️ he plays.

I love that movie. It is my Favorite Stallone movie and my top 3 action movie. Allways battle in my mind with Die Hard trilogy :)

I think this movie should be re-released/remade so that it could be fitted for I-MAX, it might be an even better experience if done with the current 3D technology

The only thing that I actually believe wasn't necessary was the opening scene with the faulty climbing gear Even climbing experts say that the whole bit was completely stupid because there's safety redundancy In order for the whole thing to fail, several things need to go wrong all at the same time Everything else I'll take as Hollywood Make-believe Ruthless Thieves, but not a single one is competent enough to make this plan work Con Air made more sense

I have never seen Last of the Mohicans so I can't comment on the sound for that, however to me the music in Cliffhanger is eerily similar to Predator despite it being a different composer

First I thought the soundtrack is from Jerry Goldsmith :) seems familiar

One of Stallone’s best films

I forgot how gorgeous Janine Turner is/was. 😍😍

They never made the sequel Cliffhanger: The Dam. But i'm hearing rumors of a reboot. Which I hope isn't true.

Check out 2:38 - GENIUS film making.

I love this movie ... i know its a bit over the top at times but what the hell!

Michael Rooker is not a bad guy in this one.

Came here to see if people disagree about John Lithgow not fitting the role and wasn’t left disappointed.

2:33

Renny Harlin got the respect he deserved with this one. Cliffhanger is fantastic!!! 4k Remaster please!!!

Gotta say I love "Oscar," it's a great flick, & "stop or my mom will shoot" is a decent 90's comedy. If you aren't a Slave to popular concensus, which in hindsight is often the victim of trends & the whims of groupthink, a lot of films that are derided have great merit, & some that are celebrated are just assembly line junk.

4:07 4:21

Can u do The Barbarians (1987)?

OLIVER HARPER 2020 ! HARPER FOR PRESIDENTE!!!!

This movie was the most violent I seen since Robocop. I remember how much blood would come out after every shot an stab. I didn't like when Stallone was running around an swimming with no coat in freezing temperatures it was too unrealistic even at a young age however I still loved the movie.

This movie was Die Hard on ice.

Good god. Imagine dying in service of an action shlock movie from the 90's. *shudder*

Great movie

People are giving this masterpiece of a movie such a hard time and trash all over it. I call it BS. The movie is awesome, I love every moment of it. This is pure example how the majority of people don’t know what’s good and bad from entertainment to politics and issues in society. So I’m not surprised, just like the majority votes for bad people to govern our lives, same way they glorify bad movies and trash the good ones.

Cliffhanger and over the top- the two films sly has not touched since making - i wonder who he worked with this on this -producers/writers /studio....because there is a reason he has not come back to it

Could you support the “Cliffhanger,” remake?

Lithgow is a great villain. He has range.

in sweden it had the alternate title "HANG ON"

It’s Merle!!

I can never tell if hes saying mega cd or sega cd

OMG IF CHRIS WALKEN HAD DONE THIS PICTURE!!! EPIC!!!

" Cliffhanger " 3.5 out of 5

Get him to a hospital... fast.

Stallone couldn't afford a jacket in winter time in the mountains and he can jump 20 meters and more... really funny. .

Sylvester Stallone is "Walker Texas Mountain Ranger" 🙃👏👏👏🤣👍