Sylvester Stallone’s muscles bulge in Renny Harlin’s derivative Cliffhanger. This boisterous movie, celebrating its 30th anniversary, booms in bright, white snow, blue skies and a thunderous musical score. With a money heist—Brinks often seems to fall short in guarding property and money—scenic and stunt mastery and an opening to rival classic plane crash opening scenes in Cast Away, White Nights and Alive, Stallone in Cliffhanger thrills.
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