Vertical Limit垂直极限英文summary及影评（精选2篇）
篇1：Vertical Limit垂直极限英文summary及影评
On a sunny day, a father with his daughter called Annie and son called Peter is climbing a mountain.Annie is a green hand and his brother Peter has some experience.Just when they are talking happily, a disaster comes to them.Two green hands right above them falls down suddenly and the green hands knock other climbers down terribly because the safety cords are plucked.Annie, Peter and their father are all fastened to the same cord and hung in the air with Annie above, father down and Peter between them.In great dread, the father tries to calm down his children and instructs Annie to reach back to the wall.But unfortunately, the cam is moving and it is not hard enough to hold them three all.So the father tells Peter to take out a knife to cut his father loose.Annie and Peter don’t want to do it.Their father says if Peter doesn’t cut him loose, all of them will die.In great sorrow, Peter does as his father tells him.Their father sacrifices his life to rescue Annie and Peter.But the father’ death becomes Annie and Peter’s knot in their hearts all the time.Three years later, Peter Garrett comes to Lower Himalaya in Pakistan as a photographer of National Geographic.At that time Annie has become the fastest female ascent and she happens to arrive at the base camp in Himalaya last week.Annie is in a group which is to go up the mountain planned by an entrepreneur Elliot Vaughn.Vaughn is said to be a typical billionaire, sensitive, kind, modest and a bloody good climber.Peter meets Annie at the base camp.Annie tells Peter that she is determined to climb the mountain K2 with Vaughn and she admires Vaughn very much.What’s more, she wants to realize her father’s dream.The due day they climb is approaching.Peter worries about Annie’s safety but Skip Taylor says the leader Tom McLaren is familiar with the mountain and Vaughn says they have analyze the weather and that day is fine for climbing.Although an old climber Montgomery Wick asks Vaughn some challenging questions at the party before the climbing, Vaughn answers in a slippery way and earns himself others’ applause.But to be exact, the climbing is just a market campaign for Vaughn’s commercial profits.They set out as planned.When a group of three, Annie, Tom and Vaughn, climb 26000 feet high, a storm seems to come to them.Tom realizes the danger and he won’t continue going up at the risk of his life.However, Vaughn doesn’t take his advice and insists that they go up.Annie agrees with him.So Tom has no choice but to give up the idea of going down the mountain.On the other side, Peter as well as some people else find the coming storm.Then an argument begins at the base camp.Peter wishes to ask the three to stop their plan and go down instantly, but the director of the base camp doesn’t take it seriously.At last, Skip Taylor informs Tom McLaren.Vaughn and Tom argue again and at this point the terrible storm hits them.To be sad, they are stranded in a crack of the mountain and the snow storm is heavier and heavier.By Moses Code, Annie conveys the message out to the base camp that only three people, Tom, Vaughn and her are still alive.People at the base camp seem to have no intention to rescue them since it’s too difficult and dangerous and the chance of success is little.Although each of the climbers has a fuel can and they can melt ice and rehydrate for a day, after using up it at 26000 feet high, their lungs will fill with fluid which is called pulmonary edema and they will die within another 12 hours.Therefore, the time for their rescue is just 36 hours and it is almost impossible.Peter doesn’t want to leave his younger sister, so he tries to organize a rescue team by himself.He decides to go up the mountain with nitroglycerin on his back.Nitroglycerin is an extremely dangerous chemical which is low-freezing and more powerful than symtex.With Skip accompanied, Peter needs four more people to join them, in pairs, one canister per team.But other people laugh at his stupid plan and think it’s suicide.After Peter’s persuasion, four brave and responsible people，Kareem Nazir, Monique Aubertine and Malcolm Bench with his brother Cyril, agree to join.They work out their rescue project.Skip suggests that they need Montgomery Wick’s help because he once got onto the top of the mountain within 24 hours and he has been searching for his dead wife who died of a storm in the mountain four years ago.Tom has been severely sick and the word that time is life is reflected here.Annie takes care of him but Vaughn refuse to give Tom a dex out of his selfishness.He doesn’t intend to save Tom’s life because he is afraid that if Tom gets the dex, he may not have enough dexes to save his own life.Montgomery Wick doesn’t trust Vaughn’s people at base camp, so he asks Skip to return to the base camp to director for them because Skip knows the mountain best.Wick divides them into three pairs, Wick paired with Peter, Malcolm paired with Kareem and Cyril paired with Monique.The helicopter takes them to a place as high as possible.Then they have to begin the tough climb through three different routes.Time is passing by.Tom is around the death and Annie’s health condition is getting worse and worse.She gets some spindrift in her lungs.Vaughn is still fine.But Vaughn is unwilling to give Annie dexes and he is just delaying.Wick gets through to the summit team and knows their location.There is still a long journey to reach where Annie is.During the journey, they run into lots of unimaginable difficulties.Cyril nearly slides down to the chasm when he is drinking water.He uses his ax to nail in the cliff and Monique makes every effort to drag him up at the risk of their lives.The nitroglycerin on his back falls down and inevitably causes a bombing which hurts Monique’s back.Unfortunately, shortly after Cyril is dragged up, an avalanche claims his life and Monique survives.After he knows Monique and Cyril are in danger through bleeper, Peter wants to go back to save them but stopped by Wick.Monique meets Peter with her broken finger.Peter helps her to straighten it.Malcolm grieves his brother’s death but he still keeps on climbing.After long time’s tire, they all have a rest in the sun.At this moment, the base camp tells Wick that the nitroglycerin reacts to the sun and it will blow.Wick and Peter rush to throw the pack into the shade to make the dangerous chemical out of the sun.Nearly at the same time, Peter rushes to warn Kareem and Malcolm of the danger on the radio.Those two put the pack in the shade in no time and bury it under the snow.Then they sit down to rest and no one expects that the chemical outflows from the pack gradually.The dangerous chemical is exposed to the sun soon.A great explosion occurs in a short time, which kills Kareem and Malcolm almost in a second.The powerful blast caused by the explosion blows away Peter and Wick.From the explosion, Wick finds out his dead wife in the snow.Four years ago, his wife was trapped in a storm with Vaughn.Vaughn used up the dexes himself and Wick’s wife died.Wick intends to revenge for his wife.On the radio, Annie tries to persuade Peter into giving up his rescue plan because she and Tom just have two hours at most.During Annie’s sleep, Vaughn kills Tom secretly.When Wick wakes at dawn, he finds that Peter and Monique have started out.Through last effort, Peter reaches the crack where Annie is trapped.But he cannot ascertain the exact location.Vaughn cuts open Tom’s body to get the warm blood.They use the blood to mark their location.Peter blows open the snow crack with the nitroglycerin.He lowers down a rope to Vaughn.Vaughn ties Annie to the rope.Annie is too sick to have any strength then.Peter exerts all his strength to pull Annie up but the task seems to be too hard.Wick turns up when Peter is nearly dragged down by the rope.Wick gets down to the barranca and helps peter to pull Annie up.However, because Vaughn catches hold of the rope too, it is too heavy for Peter to pull up.In the extremely critical point, Wick takes out a knife to cut off the rope regardless of Vaughn’s shout and prevention.In the end, Annie is saved but Wick and Vaughn falls down the endless chasm.During the thrilling rescue, Peter and Monique falls in love with each other.Annie’s health recovers gradually.Peter puts his brave and noble teammates’ deadees in the high mountain in memory their great sacrifice.
篇2：Vertical Limit垂直极限英文summary及影评
这部电影是以安妮一家登山遇险，彼得割绳，父亲遇害开拍的。最后又以魏蒙的割绳，救安妮及彼得结束的。
电影剧情介绍：
故事以酷爱登山的安妮一家的一次登山事故开始。在攀岩的过程中突然出现意外，安妮与哥哥彼得以及父亲的三条生命悬于一线的时候，父亲命令彼得割断绳索，以自己掉下山崖减轻绳索重量救了兄妹二人，也因此造成安妮与彼得之间的隔阂。三年后，安妮要在挑战人类极限的K2峰登顶，同行的是商人范艾略与年轻的向导汤米。安妮与范艾略的登顶之意各怀目的，安妮觉得登上K2会离父亲的灵魂更近，范艾略则是为了成就自己的一场商业性造势活动。不同的目的使二人都怀着同样强烈的决心。在向导汤米的带领下开始登山了。当走到两千六百多英尺时，彼得以及对登山有经验的史奇和汤米的对话使的汤米有了回去的想法，他和商人范艾就登山前进和后退僵持了一会，他选择了退回。
他在回去的路上没有走多远，就在暴风雪气候洗劫中掉入了深谷，等待基地营的救援。其中最渴望能救出遇难者的人，毫无疑问，是在基地留守的彼得。彼得的想法是借用军事基地的硝化甘油作为炸弹，再组织六人救援团在22小时之内赶到方向模糊的遇难地炸开雪谷救出遇难者。如果超过时间，安妮一行人因为缺水会患肺部水肿而死亡。彼得并不算太困难地在基地营组织到其他五个人，最重要的是他遇到了一个很登山很有经验的魏蒙，然后按强弱人搭配分成三个小组，每组背负一瓶高危的硝化甘油从三条路出发赶往遇难点救援。在途中，他们遇到了很大的困难，有三个队员相续失去了生命。安妮已经患了水肿，她联系到彼得，让他放弃营救自己。这重重的困难使彼得的决心更加坚定了，他没有等到天明就向目的地走去。当他到达目的地时，该死的范艾略已经将汤米杀害，并用汤米的血为他们做了信号灯，让彼得准确的找到了他们。
在营救过程中，魏蒙及时赶到使得彼得没有被掉进冰窟窿里，魏蒙下到了冰窟窿里, 范艾略拿起锤子要杀魏蒙，但是被魏蒙给按倒了，魏蒙本想为自己的妻子报仇，他想了想，没有那么做，而是把范艾略拉了上来。等着彼得拉他们上去，在拉安妮的过程中，安妮的腿被一块石头挡住了，在他们的共同努力下，那块大石头掉了下来。但这并不是一件幸事，石头下来砸坏了冰岸。让他们几个人都吊在了绳子上，这时的魏蒙勇敢的拿出刀子，将绳子割断，自己和范艾略掉进了深渊。
电影赏析
剧本方面
过程是惊心动魄的，拍摄的视觉效果无可挑剔，结局也并没有太大悬念——彼得救出了奄奄一息的安妮，以六人救援小组丧生四人为代价。另外丧生的两个，是一心想将补给品都据为己有的商人范艾略与被范艾略杀害的向导汤米。彼得与安妮三年来的隔阂终于随着22小时的惊险救援融化于冰雪之中。
当我看到，雪崩将要来临时，基地营的指挥人却不命令他们下来。还有范艾略明知道危险将近，却还要向上顶上爬。从这两个剧情中，我看出了人们为了达到某种目的，宁愿牺牲自己的生命。还有就是他们在准备出发前就知道天气可能会恶化，但他们还是心存侥幸的要去，最终使得自己陷入了困境。他们的敢于向困难挑战的精神是可佳的，但他们不能不去考虑环境的变化。
也许我就是一个看重感情的人吧。本片中给我影响最深的就是彼得冒险去救命在旦夕的妹妹，面对重重困难，他都可以去克服，就他妹妹也让他不要救自己了，可是他为了这种亲情没有放弃，而是加快了自己的脚步。最终，他的付出得到了回报，救出了自己的妹妹。它讴歌英雄，与人类的无私和勇敢，里面借救援成员的口说了这句话：人总有一死，真主说要死得重于泰山。
这无悔在剧情里，不免有电影主旋律应该有的凛然。而这部片子，我更有兴趣，却又不敢深想答案的是，身系数条性命的安妮与彼得，是否，真的，能够从此坦然地生活下去？是的，救人不是浪费资源，漠视生命的人最终会敲响自己的丧钟。更重要的是，参与救援的成员都出于自愿——我们必须讴歌英雄。
只是，救援成功之后的生活应该如何继续下去？安妮被硝化甘油救出，可这炸药也意外炸毁两名救援成员；安妮被顺利发现，可这发现缘于将向导汤米的鲜血制成信号烟火喷射在雪谷之外；安妮被绳索拉出深谷，可这绳索当时还系着最有经验的救援成员魏蒙——如三年前那一幕，为了减轻重量，魏蒙哥用刀子割断绳子使自己葬生谷底。
这一切，纠结起来，震撼便超过无私、无悔与壮烈的展现。真正的结局，是电影里没有的。
人性是经不起推敲的，推敲起来，便比雪崩来临的死亡气味更可怕。于此，电影中所表达的“不可漠视生命”的壮烈，便叫人不敢轻易坦然起来。
你没有漠视我，但如果要由你，以及你们的丧生，换取我的生命，我的坦然是否就尊重了你？活着与死亡有没有那么简单？
拍摄技术方面
在拍摄方面，仅仅依靠视觉、音效冲击是不够的，重要的是你如何在适当的、合理的胶片位置，插入一点点可以让人从精神上体会到的东西。于是，关于爱与被爱、生存与死亡、信任与背叛就加载其中。比如在狭缝中的那场戏份就是本片很不错的调味品，只不过个人觉得如果能更深层次的拓展一下，效果会更好。在生与死的意志折磨下，人性的恶如何急剧膨胀通常是一个很好的情节铺设。尤其是为了发射信号弹，而用牺牲队友的鲜血传送出去的那段情节，足以让每个人震撼。那如同魔鬼的山峰雪地上，刺眼的红色喷射而出，让人无法不去思考轮回般悲剧性的抉择：To be or not to be？生存和道义，两者选其一，你会抛弃哪一个？