Cliffhanger

What do you get when you cross an evil John Lithgow, a failed soccer star, and a morose Sly Stallone? You get Renny Harlin’s 1993 action epic, Cliffhanger. Sly Stallone stars as Gabe Walker, an ex mountain ranger who has left his posting after his slippy fingers cause the death of a friend. When Gabe comes home to collect his things, he and Michael Rooker are roped into assisting a gang led by the evil Eric Qualen, played by John Lithgow. Qualen and his cronies need to find their bags of cash that fell from a failed sky robbery. Gabe does what any elite climber would do and decides to take out the gang while for some reason not hiding any of the money for himself later…weird. Cliffhanger features some awe-inspiring shots and made a mountain of dough, $255 million from a $70 million budget. But, does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss how that soccer star thing never really mattered and try to determine if this flick hangs on or if we should let it drop into mediocrity.