Here's a Movie about a group of extreme sport practitioners involved in a commercial shoot that head up to an under-construction mountain resort to film, and accidentally run into a hardened criminal kingpin hiding out, who eventually starts to think they might be there for him...

Dedicated to Werner. Wonder who Werner was - extreme sportsman possibly?

It all starts a little corny, with techno or trance music playing as the camera pans around some young individuals performing death-defying Stunts in a bundle of different scenarios, from snowy slopes to blue skies to raging rivers and canyons... it's cut in such a way that it seems you're meant to enjoy the music more than the stunts themselves. It's sped up and fractured, and feels both dated and sloppy - you don't perceive the danger nearly as much as you could have were they filmed a different way.

But that's not to say I don't still enjoy the style. It's not one I'd prefer for action, but it's unusual enough that it twists things up a bit; makes this stand out among similar movie counterparts.

Plus I fall in love with the characters along the way, and the music gets surprisingly tense as the stunts do... techno trance dance and hardcore's a little out of style now - and I wonder if it was popular even back when they made this movie - but this really was a solid movie.

The stunts look real too - never mind the bad cutting sometimes. Save for the crappy chopper crash. And in difference from the location-based dangers the villains never really come across as dangerous or evil as it feels they should.

Gotta learn more about these actors too. I wonder if they really are this crazy for real...

I love their chemistry. I love the girl too - excessively goofy though she may come across in dialog.

If you like stunts, and skis, slapstick-like parkour and just a lot of movement you'll probably like this.

Good movie after all. Different. Atmospheric mountain compound too. I wonder if that was a set or no. Wonder if they really filmed most of this atop a mountain, on an under construction resort...

Would be even cooler if they actually did.

 rated 3.5/5: not bad at all