Ordinarily I groan when hearing about yet another inferior reboot of a good movie, but Cliffhanger is the kind of concept that’s hard to mess up. The original 1993 thriller was pretty simple: there are lots of cliffs, and people hanging from them. You throw in bad guys and people who want to throw our heroes over the edge for the entire picture and you get a gripping evening. If you did it again and just stuck to the same basic elements, it should still work.
Cliffhanger is also one of the more well-known pictures in the career of macho man Sylvester Stallone, and since the man is still kicking, it’s conceivable he could play a part or at least a cameo…at least, that’s what one would think. But though there were initial plans to fit him in somewhere, a “creative overhaul” has resulted in his departure. They won’t get more specific than that.
Lily James will do the cliff hanging this time, alongside Pierce Brosnan who’s playing her father. “Seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites,” reads the official description. “During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her fears and fight for survival in the Italian Dolomites.”
It’s a different story, but it has all you need. Like we said, a Cliffhanger story doesn’t take much. The supporting cast includes Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery, and the film is currently shooting in Austria for an unrevealed release window.
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