K2: The Ultimate High [VHS]

Greatest non-documentary style climbing movie ever made. They move through the scene at a good pace. Love the old school early 90’s equipment. Pretty realistic for Hollywood and really a great story well told with solid acting. Just all around awesome movie. Would make the perfect gift for the climber in your life.

Very interesting story. Surprising we don't hear more about it. Very suspicious

It was filmed in the nineties, but it speaks to the power of friendship, perseverance and pursuing one's dreams as mightily today as when it was first released. K2 is regarded as the toughest climb of the Himalayan mountains and what happens to two lifelong friends when they try to be the first Americans to scale it is worth watching. This movie is a little know gem, so grab some popcorn and prepare to be entertained.

This is, perhaps one of the better, two buddies who like to climb, mountaineering movies. Michael Biehn and Matt Craven are believable in their roles, Craven in particular with the drama of a wife who’s tolerance is sorely tested by his mountaineering quests, as well as the influence of Biehn upon her husband. This is dangerous business.K-2, is perhaps the most dangerous/difficult ascents of all the 8000 meter mountains. The dangerous nature is captured well. The ending is a bit out of place, but SPOILER ALERT.ITS HAPPY.

Just watched the last half of this movie on Amazon after having seen the first half for free on Daily Motion (couldn't find 2nd half). Ironically, the version on Daily Motion is quite good quality, with respect to screen quality and sound. The Amazon version is grainy.As movies go, it's not bad. There are a lot of cliches -- the billionaire climber, the trophy wife, etc etc. However, the plot is otherwise believable and the two principal characters do convey well the personalities embodied by many mountaineers and high-risk adventurers. It is heads and tails above Vertical Limit in believability and is far less melodramatic than Everest. It's just me, I'm sure, but this movie might have benefitted from a somewhat more documentarian approach, but with respect to other movies of this ilk, it's a solid four stars.I tend to agree with Conrad Anker and others -- knowing that a helicopter rescue is possible takes something away from the sport.

This movie is about two friends who are dedicated (not to say compulsive) mountain climbers. It is based loosely on Lou Reichart and Jim Whitacker who were among the first four Americans to climb K2-probably the world's most difficult mountain. The story is woven around the contrast and conflict between the two friends, one apparently being primarily self-oriented and the other believing in the importance of interpersonal responsibility. The climbing is a useful vehicle because it makes plausible that a close relationship between two such dissimilar people could exist. The mentality and mechanics of big mountain climbing are well depicted as the film moves to a resolution of its central issue. The acting is competent and the depiction of the mountain climbing is excellent. This movie is better than the obscurity into which it has sunken. I suspect that it is because most people are simply unable to empathize with the motivation that would drive climbers to deliberately put themselves in a situation in which they have a 30% chance of dying.

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 Jankel's excellent score, which was never made available on CD, and remains locked in a vault somewhere.All in all, a good movie, but an average DVD.

I loved this movie when it first came out a long time ago. I had it on VHS and I had missed being able to watch it again. The produce was packed well and arrived in great condition. I am happy to have this movie again

リージョンコード、英語のみ、いかにもアナログビデオコピーな感じ、と批判はあると思いますが、ずっと探していた映画に久しぶりに出会えて最高でした。おすすめです。Windows10のノートパソコンに外付けDVDつけてCorelのソフトで再生してHDMIでテレビにつないで鑑賞しました。

大分前、TV地上波で放送があったのですが、録画時間の間違いで途中で切れてしまい、最後まで見ていません。レンタル店でも探したが、見つかりませんでした。登山を、している人には、絶対お勧めです、登山の技術や、スタイルが、うそっぽくなく、リアルでストーリーも脚本も良く最高の登山映画だと思う、最近の、映画タイム･リミットも有りましたが、お金を掛けた割りには、いまいち、うそっぽさが、めだちすぎた、アクション好きな、万人向けに作ったのでしょうが…。

画像、音声とも最悪で、即ゴミ箱行きとなりました。詐欺商品と言ってもいいでしょう

字幕スーパー（日本語）が無いのを確認しなくて購入して失敗でした。自分が悪いので仕方ないです。（ボヤキです）

そもそも日本の規格のリージョンではなかったため、国産のレコーダーでは再生できなかった。どうしても見たかった作品だったのでこのためにわざわざリージョンフリーのプレーヤーを購入する羽目になった。リージョンナンバーが違うことをはっきり表示しておいて欲しかった。よってこの評価です。