Crash Point Zero (2000)
A scientist recovers a powerful weapon created by inventor Nicola Tesla in the early twentieth century. Now, the plane carrying the device and a disparate group of passengers crashes in the Canadian mountains. The battle to survive begins.
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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
I really don't see why this film gets such sour ratings. This is a low-budget effort, not a mainstream action blockbuster to win over legions. Yes, it uses footage from the Stallone movie "Cliffhanger". This is no secret and was done with legal permission. The director (Jim Wynorski under an alias) was given permission from someone at Columbia Pictures to use the "Cliffhanger" footage, actually that guy and his wife are in Extreme Limits. If you haven't seen Cliffhanger (not that great anyways) you wouldn't notice the footage is from that movie. It's solid footage and wouldn't have been able to film similar original footage with the low-budget allocated for Extreme Limits.I liked the Tesla Death Ray-Tungusta scenario used throughout the plot. It is cheesy to a certain extent, yet it works well as a sci-fi offshoot. As an action film this is above average, especially if you like Jim Wynorski's unique style. I enjoyed it.
I like Jay Andrews/Jim Wynorski movies simply because they give you a lot of cheesy bang for the buck; they're like TV movies without the good stuff being censored out. I like his whatever-it-takes attitude and give him credit for putting in the long hours it must take to pump out these features. I'll bet there's a lot of headaches involved in obtaining the stock footage, too (I'd love to hear some in-depth stories about how he manages that)! His crew, particularly director-of-photography Andrea Risotto, deserve kudos for giving these pictures a nice "clean", professional look. True guilty pleasures, I always look forward to the next Jay Andrews DVD and generally will sit through the commentary tracks, too!
This movie is an outright fraud. It simply splices in footage of the films, "Cliffhanger"(Sylvester Stallone), "Narrow Margin"(Gene Hackman), and "Long Kiss Goodnight"(Gena Davis). This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. How it managed to get a 5.7 rating I don't understand. I am taking this back to Blockbuster and demand my rental fee back. Has anyone ever seen this done in another film?
If it's variety you're after in an action flick, this is the movie for you. We've got the CIA; avalanches; diabetic Dads; gullible train conductors; Christmas parades; ludicrous doomsday devices.Exploding helicopters, exploding trucks, exploding airplanes, exploding cars, and exploding bicycles. (Okay, not bicycles, but only because the producer had already filled the movie's quota of exploding transportation.)White mountain goats; beautifully appointed vacation houses with working phones out in the middle of nowhere; internet rumors.And Bongo the Bear.We also have CIA agent Treat Williams merrily wisecracking all through the film, no matter how many people are slaughtered right in front of him. The CIA obviously gives some of their agents happy pills before every assignment.