Religion is amply glorified in this uninspired climbing film. Everything about it seems more preachy than entertaining, and the opening scene is beyond ridiculous, with safety techniques put aside completely. While the film may send a reassuring religious message, the climbing tale it hangs on is very thin. I give this one point for the presence of the always interesting Dabney Coleman, and zero for entertainment value. Admirers of "Touching the Void" and other mountain climbing films are warned to steer clear of this "sermon on the mountain", unless a religious message movie is what you are looking for. ......... - MERK

this movie may be comforting, to people who have a strong faith, but itis SO racist.the atheist is black and a jerk, where as the amazing white religiousguy is a understanding, safe climber who forgives the other man, 4 being an a-hole. and the end is just plain stupid.if u r religious, u might like it (as i said up there) but if u have any sense u will see how offending it is.this is offending junk that will make any1 with a good sense of what is right and what is distasteful

It is a breathtaking movie with all the aspects that a Christian movie should have. I could identify a lot of things about myself, before I became a Christian in 1999. Things like rejection in the family followed by feelings of hate and later forgiveness of sin and a good picture about what Jesus has done for us. Unlike the other person who gave his remarks about the movie, for Christians it's really important to see that Ned Vaughn tries to be a role model, being friendly even if he does not feel this way or rethinking his own mistakes and apologizing for it. It's really a good movie that can be played at evangelising gatherings and it's so exciting to watch that even unsaved people are not leaving the place and perhaps it will help them make a choice to ask Jesus into their lives.

Your appreciation of this movie will be directly related to your own interest in matters of faith. Those of Christian faith (such as myself) and those with an interest in Christian faith will appreciate the values contained here; those who are antagonistic to Christian faith will find the evangelistic emphasis of the movie distasteful. Of course, my question would be why anyone antagonistic to an evangelical Christian message would watch a movie produced by World Wide Pictures, which is an arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association?I don't like movies that have a hidden agenda (even a hidden evangelistic agenda) but here the agenda is clear-cut and expected, so it didn't bother me. The story is interesting enough, focusing around two young mountain climbers (Jason George and Ned Vaughn) who suddenly find themselves with an unexpected opportunity to team up and climb the highest peak in the Chilean Andes. Derrick Williams (George) is an angry atheist, while Michael Harris (Vaughn) is a faithful Christian. The relationship between the two grows as they train and then climb together, culminating in the totally predictable religious conversion of Derrick. Of course, the real suspense in this kind of movie is not whether the atheist is going to convert; it's what the chain of events leading to the conversion will be, and that was a decent enough story.Featuring the likes of Dabney Coleman, Clifton Davis and Todd Bridges, you'll find this an entertaining story as long as the overtly religious tone of it isn't something that will turn you off.7/10