This gets off to a great start with a tragic and strangely affecting incident , but then CLIFFHANGER decides to delete the human aspects and carry on being a straight forward blockbuster thriller which is a pity.
Once again the bad guys have mainly British accents , but in a fit of artistic radicalism we have an American actor playing the main Brit villain. Wow maybe this might catch on , but seeing as John Lithgow`s ( And just about every other American who has tried ) attempt at an English accent is rather unconvincing maybe not . You can also tell it was an American who wrote the script because of the dialogue " Did I tell you I played soccer mate ? I was a really good soccer player me " Eh sorry but it`s called " Football " in Britain and the rest of the World . It`s only baseball nations that call it " Soccer " .
That aside CLIFFHANGER is a fairly good film , crammed full of exciting setpieces and the director does a pretty good job , especially the scene where the bad guys open fire but no gunshots are heard over the soundtrack only music
Once again the bad guys have mainly British accents , but in a fit of artistic radicalism we have an American actor playing the main Brit villain. Wow maybe this might catch on , but seeing as John Lithgow`s ( And just about every other American who has tried ) attempt at an English accent is rather unconvincing maybe not . You can also tell it was an American who wrote the script because of the dialogue " Did I tell you I played soccer mate ? I was a really good soccer player me " Eh sorry but it`s called " Football " in Britain and the rest of the World . It`s only baseball nations that call it " Soccer " .
That aside CLIFFHANGER is a fairly good film , crammed full of exciting setpieces and the director does a pretty good job , especially the scene where the bad guys open fire but no gunshots are heard over the soundtrack only music