Cliffhanger
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Eric Qualen: Kill a few people, they call you a murderer. Kill a million and you're a conqueror.

Sarah: Help me! I don't want to die.
Gabe: You're not gonna die.

Kynette: No bullets, bitch!

Travers: Get off my back, Qualen.
Qualen: Off? I haven't even got on it... yet.

Eric Qualen: Travers, have you lost your mind?
Travers: Have I lost it? Fuckin-A, I've lost it, Qualen! Pure fucking Section Eight.

Qualen: You want to kill me, don't you, Tucker? Well, get a number and get in line.

Jessie: This rope looks 60 years old. Will it hold?
Gabe: Don't think so.
Jessie: Bad answer.

Gabe: Remember, shithead! Keep your arms and legs in the vehicle at all times.

Hal Tucker: You son of a bitch! You said you wouldn't kill him.
Eric Qualen: Sue me.

Eric Qualen: Tucker and Walker, you resiliant bastards! You're still alive.

Gabe Walker: I've been working up in Denver.
base Jumper 1: Work? Don't say that word man.
Evan: Man, I hate work. Even when somebody else is doing it.

Eric Qualen: Love is a killer, isn't it?

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Mistakes

Factual error: How is it that when Sly comes out of the freezing, icy water, his hair and clothes are bone dry? I don't know too much about hypothermia, but I would imagine that his fairly thin sweater isn't wind proof. I'm sure by the time the movie ended, he would be suffering from more symptoms of hypothermia other than chattering teeth.

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Trivia

Trivia: The stunt early on in the film where Eric Qualen and his team do the plane to plane transfer was performed by British stuntman Simon Crane. The stunt was performed at an altitude of 2.95 miles (4.75 km) and was the most expensive stunt ever performed costing £568,000(£1 million). Sly Stallone is said to have reduced his fee by that amount to ensure the stunt was made.

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Questions

Question: Why was Hal mad and blamed Gabe for Sarah's death? It wasn't his fault. Also, how did Sarah get to that height at the beginning of the movie with no climbing experience? I mean, I can barely climb an indoor climbing wall, but she can climb a mountain like a walk in the park. (02:16:00 - 02:16:35)

Answer: There was no realistic reason. First, the steel buckle on the safety harness would never just bend and break like that. The accident was not Gabe's fault, but Hal is supposedly so angry and grief-stricken that he unfairly claims Gabe ignored his advice when rescuing her. The movie uses melodramatic plotting to contrive a conflict between the two men. It's also unrealistic that Sarah, an inexperienced climber, was able to make such a difficult climb, even with Hal's help. The movie had many plot holes.

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