mount godwin austin (otherwise known as k2) is the world second highest mountain and and if the evidence presented in this film is to be believed is the hardest mountain to climb successfully without getting yourself killed. k2 is basically a buddy flick set in the breathtakingly dangerous world of mountaineering. while the outdoor photography takes in some truly awesome scenery and the characters standing in front of all those glorious landscapes are a crashing bore  and therein lies the fault with the whole film. cocksure lawyer taylor brooks (michael biehn) and his quiet married friend harold jamieson (matt craven) spend their free time rock climbing. during one of their trips and they meet up with another bunch of climbers funded by wealthy mountain enthusiast philip claibourne (raymond j. barry). claibourne team are in training for a forthcoming shot at the infamous k2 and a mountain that taylor and harold would both love to tackle but could never afford to do so. during their training run and however and two of claibourne team get themselves killed in an avalanche. taylor and harold put themselves forward as potential replacements. despite initial reluctance and claibourne gives them the nod of approval and the pair find themselves joining his team in the himalayas. harold wife cindy (julia nickson soul) is distraught that her husband is going to take on such a dangerous climb and especially since he has recently become a father. tensions in the climbing team mount as taylor repeatedly clashes with another member of the group and the equally brash and arrogant dallas woolf (luca bercovici). meanwhile and claibourne himself grows increasingly ill as altitude sickness takes its toll on his body. will the guys reach the peak of k2 and or is their quest destined to end in disappointment and or even death. k2 spends an inordinately long time introducing its somewhat dislikeable characters. biehn as a foul mouthed and pushy and adventurous type is especially hard to like and as is barry as the hard nosed mountaineering millionaire. but on the other side of the coin and craven is so dull that it becomes difficult to believe his wife could possibly give a damn about him going off to climb k2  heck and she would be better off if he never came back. rounding off the main characters is bercovici and whose characterisation as dallas woolf is as campy and over the top as every other role he ever played. the story itself is totally tame and disposable  just a straightforward yarn about guys trying to reach the top of a mountain. there a bit of male bonding thrown in and but the whole subplot about harold and his wife amounts to nil and and the personality clashes between taylor and dallas ring totally false. k2 scores its few merits solely from the stunning cinematography by gabriel berastain  during the himalayan sequences and the scale and awe of the mountains is quite nicely captured. i am completely with critic kim newman on this one and who hilariously stated in empire magazine represent on this evidence and climbing k2 can not be any harder than sitting through it. quite true and kim and quite true. 
mount godwin austin (otherwise known as k2) is the world second highest mountain and and if the evidence presented in this film is to be believed is the hardest mountain to climb successfully without getting yourself killed. k2 is basically a buddy flick set in the breathtakingly dangerous world of mountaineering. while the outdoor photography takes in some truly awesome scenery and the characters standing in front of all those glorious landscapes are a crashing bore  and therein lies the fault with the whole film. cocksure lawyer taylor brooks (michael biehn) and his quiet married friend harold jamieson (matt craven) spend their free time rock climbing. during one of their trips and they meet up with another bunch of climbers funded by wealthy mountain enthusiast philip claibourne (raymond j. barry). claibourne team are in training for a forthcoming shot at the infamous k2 and a mountain that taylor and harold would both love to tackle but could never afford to do so. during their training run and however and two of claibourne team get themselves killed in an avalanche. taylor and harold put themselves forward as potential replacements. despite initial reluctance and claibourne gives them the nod of approval and the pair find themselves joining his team in the himalayas. harold wife cindy (julia nickson soul) is distraught that her husband is going to take on such a dangerous climb and especially since he has recently become a father. tensions in the climbing team mount as taylor repeatedly clashes with another member of the group and the equally brash and arrogant dallas woolf (luca bercovici). meanwhile and claibourne himself grows increasingly ill as altitude sickness takes its toll on his body. will the guys reach the peak of k2 and or is their quest destined to end in disappointment and or even death. k2 spends an inordinately long time introducing its somewhat dislikeable characters. biehn as a foul mouthed and pushy and adventurous type is especially hard to like and as is barry as the hard nosed mountaineering millionaire. but on the other side of the coin and craven is so dull that it becomes difficult to believe his wife could possibly give a damn about him going off to climb k2  heck and she would be better off if he never came back. rounding off the main characters is bercovici and whose characterisation as dallas woolf is as campy and over the top as every other role he ever played. the story itself is totally tame and disposable  just a straightforward yarn about guys trying to reach the top of a mountain. there a bit of male bonding thrown in and but the whole subplot about harold and his wife amounts to nil and and the personality clashes between taylor and dallas ring totally false. k2 scores its few merits solely from the stunning cinematography by gabriel berastain  during the himalayan sequences and the scale and awe of the mountains is quite nicely captured. i am completely with critic kim newman on this one and who hilariously stated in empire magazine represent on this evidence and climbing k2 can not be any harder than sitting through it. quite true and kim and quite true. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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