Cliffhanger Reviews
Top CriticWhether Cliffhanger will bring Stallone's name back into the top echelon of action movie stars has yet to be determined, but if this film can't, the task may be impossible.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Fun for the undemanding, but Stallone's 'comeback' should have been much tighter.
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Cliffhanger is everything you'd expect from a summer blockbuster starring Sylvester Stallone--big, predictable, and dumb as houses.
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| Original Score: 2/4
A predictably thick-headed, occasionally plodding bacchanalia of blood, grunts and testosterone.
Cliffhanger is a device to entertain us, and it works, especially during those moments when Stallone is hanging by his fingernails over a three-mile fall, and the bad guys are stomping on him.
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| Original Score: 3/4
eFilmCritic.com
One of Sly's best action adventure vehicles.
| Original Score: 3.5/5
Cliffhanger lives up to its title as a two-hour rollercoaster ride that never stops.
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tallone himself co-authored the screenplay with Michael France, undoubtedly to make sure the story gave audiences exactly what they wanted--breath-taking stunts tied together with brain-numbing cliche.
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| Original Score: low +1 out of -4..+4
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With its absurd story and even more absurd action set pieces, Cliffhanger's over-the-top (pun intended again) thrills and cheesy one-liners keeps this no-brainer action flick fun and watchable.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Flick Filosopher
This rote and by-the-numbers contribution to the early-90s glut of big, loud, dumb action movies was momentarily thrilling on a big screen back in 1993.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Just pull the plug on your judgment, good sense and values. Remember to leave enough motor skills to face forward -- that's where the screen is.
We are not at Cliffhanger for realism; we're there for the cliffhanging, and there's plenty of it.
