Final Ascent

I enjoyed watching this film, but felt that it lacked the production value that could have made it superb. The characters were developed well, but performances were uneven. The best thing I can say about this film is that it has good dialogue and characters. This must have been a low budget effort.

This picture tells the story of a father and daughter trying to overcome the loss of a loved one. Without giving anything away, they need to work together to battle the bad guys. Mountain climbers will love this picture. It's full of interesting twists and turns and has some very good characters. Check it out on Fox Family or on video!

I recently watched this film and enjoyed the tension and clever plot developments that keep the viewer nervous that beautiful heroine Heidi Noelle Lenhart will fall into the hands of Pat Muldoon, the villain. The acting by some of the supporting characters could have been better. It seems as though the writers had defined characterizations that the actors could not quite manage to pull off. The father has this accent and poor line delivery that really get in the way of understanding what he is saying. But, Antonio Sabato is a hunk and provides constant eye candy for all the female audience members. I thought that David W. Smith's directing was terribly inconsistent. The production value was fair, since it was clear the filmmaker was not working with Hollywood's big budgets. Ultimately, I recommend this picture for those who can appreciate a good story that has only average production value.

This film was tense and exciting, especially for fans of "Cliffhanger." This film focuses more on a relationship between a father and a daughter. Although the directing of key action sequences seemed a bit too low budget, the drama itself was great. I enjoyed Heidi Noelle Lenhart and thought that Sabato, Jr was good as well. The bad guy gets altitude sickness but is so greedy that he keeps climbing. Avarice gets the better of him. A very satisfying ending that leaves me hoping for a sequel. The only real flaw here is the lack of big budget effects that could have elevated this picture to the next level. I give this a high rating based on the characters and the story.

Alright, the film is like "Cliffhanger" only no budget, but I like the bad guy getting altitude sickness, as one other reviewer wrote. It's fun to see him get progressively sicker but to keep climbing for the money. Some action at the end is so poorly directed that the young girl parachutes down and gets back up too quickly to save her dad. The casting on this film is weak with many of the secondary characters. I assume these were not "Hollywood" hires. Some clever dialogue, though. The pacing of the film seemed good. Heidi Noelle Lenhart comes across as quite likable. In fact, it was her that kept me watching. In the end, this could have been a better film with more money and better secondary actors.