...boasts a handful of spectacular shots that show how small the climbers really are, usually by panning from a team of struggling hikers to the vast, craggy expanses beneath them.

...excellent technical work and the efforts of a first-rate cast...

...true-life disaster movie plays like a downbeat sequel...one-ups it with even more vertiginous, stereoscopic imagery of the highest place on Earth, using footage shot on the mountain along with cleverly selected lookalike locales.

Det giver et sus i maven hver gang kameraet panorerer op over hovedet på bjergbestigerne, og vi stirrer lige ned i afgrunden imens højtalerne buldrer.

Kvar står de magnifika bilderna av själva berget och det vildsinta vädret...

...kampen mod de ekstreme forhold og bjerget selv er i sig selv medrivende.

Emily Watson is terrific as the base camp controller trying to manage the unfolding chaos, and it’s her scenes that pack the greatest punch, her face and voice a pitch-perfect portrayal of alarmed restraint.