A molehill has been made of a mountain. Patrick Myers's stunning play about two characters in search of survival on K2, the world's second highest peak, fails to scale any cinematic heights at all.
The original theatrical piece, mounted on Broadway in 1983, has been effectively enlarged, and the two mountain-climbing protagonists given fleshed-out identities. Bachelor Taylor Brooks (Michael Biehn), owner of a silver metallic Porsche convertible, is a wiseguy and womanizing assistant DA,
whose idea of a good time is picking up gals who are "wet, wild and willing." (He'll go to any lengths to impress them, including lithely scampering up the side of a building, li...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
111 mins