Fluentiama
Perfect cast and a good story
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Diane Ruth
Stunning visual effects and scenes of intense adventure highlight Sheldon Wilson's Killer Mountain. An exciting saga of mountain climbing and brutal survival, this is horror film with strong characters and a magnificent story to tell. Among the stunning vistas of mighty mountains stand a group of individuals called upon to meet the greatest challenges any group of intrepid explorers may have ever faced. Their skills and character are truly put to the test, especially when it becomes quite clear that it is not the mountain alone they are confronting. Haunting scenes of an icy hell, veiled in mystery and a dark terror, will keep audiences spellbound in this sterling adventure. Fine performances from a terrific cast add to the cinematic quality and give us people we really care about as they struggle to conquer the unknown. The influence of Everest and Howard Hawks' original The Thing are clearly seen throughout and the director's reverence for these sources is well integrated in the experience.
SanteeFats
This another typical Syfy channel type movie. Low quality writing and directing. Below par acting overall with some actors actually doing a good job. The CGI when the chopper gets trashed is not bad. The scene towards the beginning when the fresh blood starts dripping from the outside top of the tent is very unbelievable. At that height and temperature it would have frozen or congealed a long time ago. The lead rescue climber is a self admitted out of shape, retired climber but with an extremely well regarded reputation. He only takes the job when he finds out his ex wife is one of those needing rescue. Of course there is duplicity from the rich big shots that want the rescue mounted. Relatively early on you see that the ex has survived so far (shucks). The creatures that inhabit the mountain look more like the ones from Alien than any Yeti ever thought up by any human imagination. Not only that but they seem reptilian in appearance and if that is true how do they survive such cold? Actually they look more like a poor man's Godzilla and about as realistic. Then there are the Bhutanese military that show up to steal the info on the site everyone is looking for.. The magic acclimatizing drug works just fine except the supplements are lost and that leaves the new crew with eight hours remaining before their lungs blow out and their brains, such as they are, explode. When it is found out that the entire operation is a search for the mythical Sham-Ba-La or Shangri-La. Then of course, the shots start to wear off and the good guys start bleeding, gasping, and dying. When Kate finally gets rescued they use flares to drive the animals off, yet earlier they operated in the outside. The end where the spoiled son discovers that the blood of the young creatures will heal starts him on the road to destruction. As he harvests the blood he is attacked by a swarm of the younglings and gets his. Where so many young ones come from in the frozen, very high altitude mountain aerie is beyond me, but this is one of those Syfy low budget films. Of course it ends with the pair of exe's getting out and blowing up the cavern.
GL84
After being asked to participate in a rescue mission after a disastrous mountain-climbing incident, a man and his team find the area protected by a group of vicious creatures guarding a secret within the mountain and try to get away before falling victim to the ravenous beings.This one wasn't too bad and definitely has it's good parts. Among the better elements here is that the action scenes are really enjoyable with all the location scenes up high in the mountains, gives this one a rather sizable sense of action along the way. The opening attack of the camp is immensely fun with the attacks keeping the creatures hidden enough while rampaging through camp as well as they're ranks in a flurry of activity, a later scene of the disaster crash of the creatures taking out the helicopter crashing it against the side of the mountain in front of the attempted rescue-victims as well as the rather exciting descent down into the crevice all come off as really fun action scenes spread out across the mountain. Even more fun is the scenes inside the mountain with a great sequence during a driving snowstorm of the creatures attacking the camp and forcing the team underground where the stalking continues into a series of deep caves, plenty of big pits littered with rocky outcroppings and human skeletons which gives off quite a creepy tone here. Even better, the later scenes in the temple are quite fun as the hive featuring all the baby creature coming after the gang in some really creepy scenes giving this one some great action in the numerous escapes and chases throughout here. Likewise, there's some more to like here as the creatures here are pretty enjoyable creations in terms of looks with it's lizard-like body and alien head creating a distinctive look that are given enough storyline points to care about and are woven nicely into the story as there's some great attempts at explaining their connection to the mythology of the area. As well, the fact that there's a rather enjoyable pace keeps this one moving along rather well which is more than enough at keeping this one up over its few flaws. The flaws, though, all seem to come from the fact that this has too many subplots here, as there's the military intervention which is never given a purpose and put here almost as an afterthought that take kills away from the creature, the cancer scare and the trapped wife and eventual reconciliation that come off as complete clichés while the former is further guilty of also being a complete throwaway that all could've gone away and not messed the film up at all. This one also comes up short here in really selling the secret goal of the original mission since it's never really made clear why they needed to be as secretive as they are to get him on-board with their plans. Overall, though, it's pretty enjoyable.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Adult Language.
Paul Andrews
Killer Mountain starts as billionaire medical research businessman Walter Burton (Andrew Airlee) contacts leading climber Ward Donovan (Aaron Douglas) & says that an expedition to the highest unexplored mountain in the world in Bhutan have gone missing, there has been no contact with them for weeks & Burton ask's Ward to lead a rescue mission. At first Ward refuses but once he learns his ex-girlfriend Kate (Emmanuella Vaugier) is amongst the missing Ward's attitude changes & he can't wait to get up there. Flying to Bhutan which is in Nepal all of the locals have fled & only a small team will venture up the mountain lead by Ward & containing Burton's son Tyler (Paul Campbell) & sexy doctor Nina (Crystal Lowe). Once on the mountain the team face danger from all angles, the bitter cold, the treacherous terrain & huge mythical flesh eating creatures that supposedly guard the ancient lost city of Shambala that holds the key to eternal life...Directed by Sheldon Wilson this made for telly SyFy Channel creature feature isn't the worst offering the channel has ever served up but that's hardly any sort of recommendation on it's own, Killer Mountain is almost a decent film & certainly better than most SyFy Channel muck but I still didn't think it was particularly good. The one thing that Killer Mountain has going for it is that there's more going on than usual in these SyFy Channe flicks, there's the previous stranded expedition, the current one that gets trapped, the dangerous terrain, the monsters, the lost city, the Bhutan military show up & there's just a more going on than I expected. None of it is particularly enthralling, I mean it's still fairly predictable, shallow & has the usual sloppy storytelling but overall Killer Mountain is better than I expected without being brilliant. The character's are clichéd & dull but serve their purpose, the dialogue is forgettable & you won't care what happens to anyone but again their a notch above the usual SyFy Channel product. Killer Mountain is bland & forgettable it passes an hour & a half harmlessly enough I suppose, not bad if you know what to expect & have suitable expectations.Surprisingly the production values aren't too bad on Killer Mountain, the film has a cold dark feel which helps & while some of the mountain climbing scenes look a little tame & unexciting they add something overall. The CGI computer effects are also better than expected, sure no-one is going to be convinced by that CGI helicopter but the monsters are usually kept in shadow or seen in quick flashes which helps. There's no real gore here, there's a bit of blood splatter & a bitten hand but Killer Mountain lacks any memorable kills which is a pity.The IMDb says Killer Mountain had a budget of $2,000,000 which I find hard to believe, there's way it had a budget that high or if it did I can't see what it was spent on. The acting is alright, everyone seems to be taking it seriously.Killer Mountain is better than the usual SyFy Chanel creature feature but that isn't saying much on it's own, watch it if it's on telly & your desperate but otherwise don't bust a gut to see it.
