Undoubtedly this is a film geared towards those movie watchers who love high adrenaline action.

It's not surprising that Vertical Limit's director Martin Campbell can list the Bond film Goldeneye among his credits. If you remember the opening scene with Bond leaping off a dam in order to infiltrate a Russian military installation you'll get the idea of what the majority of Vertical Limit is about.

Let's get this rescue mission of the road

It's basically a rescue mission. Peter Garrett's (Chris O'Donnell) sister Annie (Robin Tunney) becomes trapped by an avalanche on K2. Her party also includes millionaire Elliot Vaughn (Bill Paxton).

Lucky for her, photographer brother Peter is close by to join the rescue party headed by "do it my way" Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn).

Hey, it's too quiet. That must mean...avalanche

Six willing souls set off and that's the cue for a sequence of top notch set-pieces where avalanches, helicopters and explosives rule the roost.

For lovers of high octane films like Mission Impossible 2 and Charlie's Angels this is a must. But in all honesty you could probably head up the M1 to IMAX in Bradford and get a similar effect watching a mountaineering film on a giant screen at the National Museum of Photography Film and Television.

Don't worry. You'll be rescued by the end credits...maybe!

However good the effects, the feeling is that these type of movies are becoming too common. Moving a few pyrotechnic sequences from a major city to a mountain range can only sustain interest for a short time.

Fine for it's type, but Hollywood really needs a movie rethink.