Love that FBI agent, he knew he was a goner, and decided to dish out some pain. With one clip he got the rouge pilot, an enemy sniper and put the baddies plane out of action even without an oxygen mask. What a legend! You simply don’t just step on this guy’s nice wrist watch and get to walk away...😎
Cliffhanger 2 is currently in production .Filming in the Alps same as the original movie. Stallone is to star but casting and plot is still under wraps. All we know is that Stallone characters daughter will also feature.
I concur. He needed a hit movie after STOP OR MY MOM’LL SHOOT, a box office dud from 1992. Sly got two smash hits at the box office: this one and DEMOLITION MAN. Way to go!
The Heist is very well done, the fact that everyone talks mostly through radio makes it atmospheric and adds a sense of realism. Also the Villains are very methodical and professional as well as never panic despite everything happening, it really builds them up into a major threat.
Yea for sure but at the same time you can tell whoever wrote this REALLY thought "TANGO TANGO" was the coolest sounding shit ever. They say it like 100 times LMFAO
Even like 10 terrorists are no match for the power of an Uzi! This is actually the best scene in the movie and it didn't even have Sly or Michael in it. The stunts were amazing, I love Renny Harlin, met him at a movie premiere, such a swell guy!
I like how Travers sequences the plan, first he makes the other 2 agents question and suspect Matherson, then has the opportunity to draw his weapon (with time on his side) whilst they have their guns at Matheson’s neck, then prioritises taking those agents out first, whilst Matherson’s restrained. Matherson sure went out like a boss, severely crippling the heist team’s capabilities. You don’t get many movies like that, where a tertiary character causes so much impact and mayhem
Christopher Walken was originally cast as the main villain but dropped out. John Lithgow replaced him on short notice and gave Qualen a weird semi-British Stewie Griffin style accent 😂
@@commanderkeen3787 Lithgow makes for a great villain, though, and there's a tradition of Hollywood giving its villains English accents so maybe that's what he was going for. 😄 I like Walken (who doesn't?), but his style is so odd and distinctive. I think we might actually have ended up with a win when Lithgow had to step in.
A lot of us who watched this movie as kids probably feel a great respect now for the FBI agent. As you get older, you learn to dislike spotlight-hogging divas and appreciate unsung heroes.
I really loved the "head-fake" from the casting director. Vyto Ruginis almost always plays an @$$hole villain, so we don't expect him to be a stand-up guy. Even wounded and with no oxygen mask, he goes full bad@$$ and removes half of the thieves' advantages: dropped cargo, no extra pilot, lost sharpshooter, and no more clean getaway. Would love to see more movies swoop up stock villain character actors this way. But that's the theme of the film: loyalty, dedication, and professionalism trump aggression, enthusiasm, and greed. I love it when Travers eventually calls out Qualen (the 'best' thief/terrorist of his kind) for getting beaten by "a couple of park rangers" (and an FBI agent with a massive pain threshold).
Hahahaha. "An FBI agent with a massive pain threshold." That's great stuff. Also the mindset to deliver some of his own before going down. Respect to Agent Matheson for sure!
4:30 fun fact, this was the costliest stunt scene in hollywood ever, because the stuntmen had to be paid one million dollars to cross from one plane to another via that cable add a height of 15000 ft. Nowadays everything would have been done with cgi and a green screen 😏
@@bizzyizzy9526 You're right about the cost. However, IMDB says the stunt was performed "without any safety devices", whereas Crane wore a concealed parachute rig under his coat (which I would call a safety device). In fact, he ended up having to use that parachute because he couldn't actually get inside the other plane once he reached it. Still a very ballsy stunt. The million dollars was well-earned, and it's right up there on the screen.
1:38 " This is Tango Tango over" Roger that Jango Jango, this is Mango Mango over. "Roger that, this is Tango Tango, not Jango Jango over." Roger, that, Tango Jango, this is Mango Mango, my mistake over. "Roger that, Mango Mango, this is TANGO TANGO. Get my flight name right, over." Roger Rabbit that, Mango Mango, this is Mango Mango. Sorry, it won't happen again over. "Roger that, this Tango Tango NOT Mango Mango, that's YOUR flight name over. TO BE CONTINUED.....
Performed by Simon Crane. He was wearing a concealed parachute rig, but it was still very ballsy given the turbulence involved. As you can see, he made it successfully to the door of the JetStar. However, he didn't actually enter it - hence the cut to the close-up shot of the actual actors - but parachuted from there.
This film opened with two of its strongest sequences in the first 20 minutes, and then kind of just played out from there. But the stunts were top-notch, and this does contain a really good line: "Get him to a hospital... fast!"
Lol right? I swear when I say this but I've pretty much watched all of the freddy, Jason, Michael slashers along with the 80's action before I turned 10.
@goodbadbill sounds fun my mother didn't like scary movies, but we watched all the old die hard, robocop, Terminator and rambo films together as a family, good times and memories 😏
Things I dont understand about this scene: 1. 0:27 "He's coming in too slow". Indicating the bad guy pilot knew what was going yet he said it out loud- in front of the good guy pilot AND with the door open for everyone else too hear. Including the undercover FBI agent Matheson. Why? 2. 1:19 Why was the good guy pilot surprised when Travis shot everyone? If he was in on it he wouldnt tbe surprised, if he wasnt then why didnt he ask "wtf" when Travis and the bad guy pilot calmly communicated that the hijacking plane was coming in "too slow"?
@@GrantDWilliams82 But in No Country for Old Men, we're rooting for the guy who takes the money. And he's up against a cartel, not the government and good-guy civilians. And Cliffhanger is a big dumb action movie with lots of stunts, set in the Rockies, whereas No Country for Old Men is more of a drama with philosophical musings and some action and is set in West Texas. In other words, apart from tracker-enabled cases of stolen money being involved, I'm not buying it. 😄
The movie is a testament of very few unsung heroes of courage, honor, foresight and ultimate sacrifice do to curb dirty works inflicted upon innocents and colleagues alike for power, control and manipulation everyday in the sinful colluding underworlds of gang and narcotics law enforcements !
Great movie, but the technical people should have known that engaging the A/P on a DC9 and turning the turn knob full right, would have make the airplane do a continuous turn. But I missed that too when I watched the movie the first time, and before YTB.
Oh, and by the way. Something tells me that on my deathbed and I’m lying there peacefully… this chick’s “radio’d”, half military/ half civilian, pilot jargon voice is going to be the last thing that comes into my mind before the end. It’s that f_ckin awesome.
@@SwizzMedia-kt5tr Why didn't the pilot just set the timer for detonation? 5 minutes wasn't enough time for the cases to get to the plane and the pilot to get out anyway. Qualen was right about the stupid bastard and his fool proof plan.
@roland7584 yeah, but those two are local. They know the area, and where to find shelter, and they have a vehicle parked near where they're going to land. They know the valley that they are jumping into, and the very fact that they _are_ jumping into the valley makes it much safer than exiting from an aircraft flying at speed and not being sure whether you're going to end up on a peak, in a valley, in trees... And just to add to my earlier thoughts about why the original commenter's strategy would be dicey, the robbers could not have been sure that the cases would survive the drop from the plane.
@@mike18699-e Yeah, but it's also a movie and most of the stuff that happens later couldn't really happen anyway, so they could write it anyway they wanted. For instance, somehow later, on their little, quiet day hike, they end up right with these kids who jumped.
@@mike18699-e 1 I am actually surprised they didn't run into any hibernating bears or other animals with all the cave exploration in this movie. Now that would have made for a unique twist.
Cliffhanger is a big, dumb action film and I'd say it's one of the better entries in the genre. It's just a shame that it has a terrific, shocking opening that the rest of the movie struggles a bit to live up to. I could watch that opening scene any number of times, but it's all _relatively_ disappointing from then on.
Сцена конечно крутая, слов нет, однако стоимость 2ух частных самолетов намного выше чем 3 бокса наполненных до верху долларами. Поэтому всё происходящее теряет абсолютно какой-либо смысл, потерять 2 самолета в десятки миллионов долларов, убить уеву тучу людей, пилота, специальных агентов, каких-то посторонних левых людей. Но выглядит сцена конечно шикарно)
PERFECT example of why Renny Harlin dont get to make movies with a big budget any more - he is so bad at it. This movie was really REALLY bad at the time, and it sucks harder now that ever before. Its like a child got to make a movie for adults. Pathetic, like all Renny harlins films.
That's pretty harsh. Cliffhanger is a big, dumb action film but within the confines of the genre I'd say it's a decent effort. It's just a shame that it has a terrific opening that the rest of the movie struggles a bit to live up to.
Love that FBI agent, he knew he was a goner, and decided to dish out some pain. With one clip he got the rouge pilot, an enemy sniper and put the baddies plane out of action even without an oxygen mask. What a legend! You simply don’t just step on this guy’s nice wrist watch and get to walk away...😎
Nice wrist watch ?! That was Lorus , exclusively by Casio, Japan mvt , 50m water resist , cased in Thailand . $69.95 rrp at any Target store
it's a magazine, not a clip.
@@sonjavukoja4936 You sure know your watches..
@@sonjavukoja493670 is a lot considering I could prolly find some sort of watch for 3 bucks.
One the worst movies ever!
1990s movies were really good
Cliffhanger 2 is currently in production .Filming in the Alps same as the original movie. Stallone is to star but casting and plot is still under wraps. All we know is that Stallone characters daughter will also feature.
@BlueBeard-wo5fmwhatever 😂
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@BlueBeard-wo5fmI heard that Sly dropped out of Cliffhanger 2. Is that true?
That was one of Stallone's best movies.
@@mysterymayhem7020 Stallone has survived for a long time Willis and Swartzneggar not as good
Don't forhet John Lithgow, before he become Trinity Killer.
I concur. He needed a hit movie after STOP OR MY MOM’LL SHOOT, a box office dud from 1992. Sly got two smash hits at the box office: this one and DEMOLITION MAN. Way to go!
That FBI Agent was a real chad.
The Heist is very well done, the fact that everyone talks mostly through radio makes it atmospheric and adds a sense of realism. Also the Villains are very methodical and professional as well as never panic despite everything happening, it really builds them up into a major threat.
Yea, unfortunately for rhem, they met a really bad ass FBI agent.
Yea for sure but at the same time you can tell whoever wrote this REALLY thought "TANGO TANGO" was the coolest sounding shit ever. They say it like 100 times LMFAO
Even like 10 terrorists are no match for the power of an Uzi! This is actually the best scene in the movie and it didn't even have Sly or Michael in it. The stunts were amazing, I love Renny Harlin, met him at a movie premiere, such a swell guy!
Agent Matheson, the real hero of the movie.
Да.Это так.❤❤❤
"Who did you leave up there?!"
"No one!"
"So the pilot committed suicide?"
"I guess..." 😂😂
I like how Travers sequences the plan, first he makes the other 2 agents question and suspect Matherson, then has the opportunity to draw his weapon (with time on his side) whilst they have their guns at Matheson’s neck, then prioritises taking those agents out first, whilst Matherson’s restrained. Matherson sure went out like a boss, severely crippling the heist team’s capabilities. You don’t get many movies like that, where a tertiary character causes so much impact and mayhem
Man, Agent Matheson killed three bad guys. The pilot, the sniper and he caused their plane to crash which killed the co-pilot.
“Don’t bother to buckle up. You might not want to survive this.”
Christopher Walken was originally cast as the main villain but dropped out. John Lithgow replaced him on short notice and gave Qualen a weird semi-British Stewie Griffin style accent 😂
@@commanderkeen3787 Lithgow makes for a great villain, though, and there's a tradition of Hollywood giving its villains English accents so maybe that's what he was going for. 😄
I like Walken (who doesn't?), but his style is so odd and distinctive. I think we might actually have ended up with a win when Lithgow had to step in.
A lot of us who watched this movie as kids probably feel a great respect now for the FBI agent. As you get older, you learn to dislike spotlight-hogging divas and appreciate unsung heroes.
Chris Nolan certainly took some inspiration from this scene for DKR
Definitely
Nolan failed. That scene was boring and stupid.
@@WhereisWolfgang You are off your meds
Watch TDR without audio on mute see how the movies are horrible
@@destroyerarmorthey’re bad with audio.
5:16 - Kudos to this man.
Phantastic movie, incredible scenes...
I really loved the "head-fake" from the casting director. Vyto Ruginis almost always plays an @$$hole villain, so we don't expect him to be a stand-up guy. Even wounded and with no oxygen mask, he goes full bad@$$ and removes half of the thieves' advantages: dropped cargo, no extra pilot, lost sharpshooter, and no more clean getaway. Would love to see more movies swoop up stock villain character actors this way. But that's the theme of the film: loyalty, dedication, and professionalism trump aggression, enthusiasm, and greed. I love it when Travers eventually calls out Qualen (the 'best' thief/terrorist of his kind) for getting beaten by "a couple of park rangers" (and an FBI agent with a massive pain threshold).
Hahahaha. "An FBI agent with a massive pain threshold." That's great stuff. Also the mindset to deliver some of his own before going down. Respect to Agent Matheson for sure!
@@picknroll8221
Agent Matheson Fact: When people say the phrase, "spray-and-pray," they are, in fact, praying to Agent Matheson.
@ Bwahahaha! Following his example and praying for his divine intercession. I love this. Patron Saint of “Going-Out Blazing.”
The FBI agent plot , would have been a great action film on its own
Bad guys are never loyal to other bad guys, just like in real life.
4:30 fun fact, this was the costliest stunt scene in hollywood ever, because the stuntmen had to be paid one million dollars to cross from one plane to another via that cable add a height of 15000 ft. Nowadays everything would have been done with cgi and a green screen 😏
Not if it was Tom Cruise 😊
@@bizzyizzy9526 You're right about the cost. However, IMDB says the stunt was performed "without any safety devices", whereas Crane wore a concealed parachute rig under his coat (which I would call a safety device). In fact, he ended up having to use that parachute because he couldn't actually get inside the other plane once he reached it.
Still a very ballsy stunt. The million dollars was well-earned, and it's right up there on the screen.
If you're wondering why the Mediterranean sea is visible in the background of America's rocky mountains at 2:16 it's because this was filmed in Italy.
Basically, this FBI agent foiled the robbery. From that point on, they were cursed. He is the key character in this film (the real hero?).
I hardly see this being played…underrated film.
Always the underrated comment fishing for likes. Y'all make me want to vomit.
@ I am commenting on nostalgia. You are a canker sore, you go be a pain elsewhere.
Loser.
@@chetarmlin1196nice bait
1:38 " This is Tango Tango over"
Roger that Jango Jango, this is Mango Mango over.
"Roger that, this is Tango Tango, not Jango Jango over."
Roger, that, Tango Jango, this is Mango Mango, my mistake over.
"Roger that, Mango Mango, this is TANGO TANGO. Get my flight name right, over."
Roger Rabbit that, Mango Mango, this is Mango Mango. Sorry, it won't happen again over.
"Roger that, this Tango Tango NOT Mango Mango, that's YOUR flight name over.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
"We have clearance, Clarence."
"Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
"Tower's radio clearance, over."
"That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
"Over."
"Roger."
"Huh?"
"Roger, over!"
"What?"
"Huh?"
"Who?"
🤪
This is the Single Greatest Movie Stunt in history!
Performed by Simon Crane. He was wearing a concealed parachute rig, but it was still very ballsy given the turbulence involved.
As you can see, he made it successfully to the door of the JetStar. However, he didn't actually enter it - hence the cut to the close-up shot of the actual actors - but parachuted from there.
might wanna re-watch Mad Max: Road Warrior, craziest Car stunts for sure
One of best 90s action movies
"He's badly injured. What do we do?"
"Get him to a hospital"
Proceeds to throw him out of the plane.
Well, he landed on a hospital roof so whats's the problem?
Fast.
4:22 - You are doing this with bare hands and no head cover? LOOOOOOL!
This film opened with two of its strongest sequences in the first 20 minutes, and then kind of just played out from there. But the stunts were top-notch, and this does contain a really good line: "Get him to a hospital... fast!"
Cliffhanger is probably my favorite Die Hard clone.
Renny Harlin is really good at this.
one million times better than the plane scene in The Dark Knight Rises
We’re being tracked! We have a JetStar, three o’clock!
Rewelacyjny film, zdjecia, akcja, Pan Stallone w życiowej formie
I watched this film with my parents when I was twelve. I still can't believe my parents allowed me to watch r rated movies when I was a preteen 😊
Lol right? I swear when I say this but I've pretty much watched all of the freddy, Jason, Michael slashers along with the 80's action before I turned 10.
@goodbadbill sounds fun my mother didn't like scary movies, but we watched all the old die hard, robocop, Terminator and rambo films together as a family, good times and memories 😏
My mother didn’t care what I watched but I wasn’t aloud to watch R movies while dad was around lol
Love this movie
Things I dont understand about this scene:
1. 0:27 "He's coming in too slow". Indicating the bad guy pilot knew what was going yet he said it out loud- in front of the good guy pilot AND with the door open for everyone else too hear. Including the undercover FBI agent Matheson. Why?
2. 1:19 Why was the good guy pilot surprised when Travis shot everyone? If he was in on it he wouldnt tbe surprised, if he wasnt then why didnt he ask "wtf" when Travis and the bad guy pilot calmly communicated that the hijacking plane was coming in "too slow"?
1:21 the guy looks like antony blinken 😂
Now that's when they made movies baby.
UZI. UZI. UZI. Point it at me and I'll marvel. How did you get that UZI? It's like a car club of UZIs
Shut the fuck up that's a MAC 10
So No Country for Old Men is basically a remake of this. Just without planes and cliffs.
No, Triple Frontier is closer.
@@GrantDWilliams82 But in No Country for Old Men, we're rooting for the guy who takes the money. And he's up against a cartel, not the government and good-guy civilians.
And Cliffhanger is a big dumb action movie with lots of stunts, set in the Rockies, whereas No Country for Old Men is more of a drama with philosophical musings and some action and is set in West Texas.
In other words, apart from tracker-enabled cases of stolen money being involved, I'm not buying it. 😄
5:49 In the past, bad guys even fought in the air for real money. What idiots there were. Cheers to today's internet!
John Lithgow's British accent was horrible, LOL! xD
That's Suppose to be a British accent Lol 😂
Agent Matheson survived and opened a Custom Car Parts shop in Los Angeles 2001.
Great movie and if I recall it was a first for the plane to plane transfer
Great film but the radio chatter gets a little cringey. Still one of my favorite movies though.
1:20 I love the sexy shoulder shrug. That is what movies are made of!
True fact this scene was inspired by the DB Cooper hijacking.
It's interesting that the co-pilot of the Treasury jet and Travers were together as cops in the movie "Breakdown".
Travers never had the makings of a varsity Treasury Agent.
6:04 right in the heart!
The movie is a testament of very few unsung heroes of courage, honor, foresight and ultimate sacrifice do to curb dirty works inflicted upon innocents and colleagues alike for power, control and manipulation everyday in the sinful colluding underworlds of gang and narcotics law enforcements !
Great movie, but the technical people should have known that engaging the A/P on a DC9 and turning the turn knob full right, would have make the airplane do a continuous turn. But I missed that too when I watched the movie the first time, and before YTB.
I Have cliffhanger on 4k uhd remastered looks amazing.
As the plane was sliding I kept wondering when it would come to rest halfway over a cliff. Bingo. Totally unpredictable.
Agent Matheson Fact: When people say the phrase, "spray-and-pray," they are, in fact, praying to Agent Matheson.
Ah, the 90's. When you could just waltz into an airplane cockpit and ask questions. Lol. Why are all the controls analog? Isn't this the early 90's?
Heard somewhere that
cliffhanger 2 was in the workks with Stallone, but sadly he stepped off and they are going to remake it now...
He ended up as principal at Sheldon’s high school
Renny Harlin at his prime👌
That guy with the accent fking hilarious
This was better than the Batman scene
Oh, and by the way. Something tells me that on my deathbed and I’m lying there peacefully… this chick’s “radio’d”, half military/ half civilian, pilot jargon voice is going to be the last thing that comes into my mind before the end.
It’s that f_ckin awesome.
The pilot wastes his co pilot at point blank and doesn't get a single drop of blood on his shirt
Unfortunately they were following the Director's instructions as this was only a movie...
The co-pilot gets shot in the head and still reacts. 😅
Why didnt u send the money first
فين الترجمه بالعربيه
No hat,no gloves.
I believe it.
I definitely hear Pritchard in there from Deus ex game
أحداث هذا الفيلم تدور في جبال الرومي المتجمدة
So, why exactly did they need to change planes?
I don't quite remember, but I think it was so they could frame it as an accident after they blew up the plane
Lol dude never hijacked a plane before 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@SwizzMedia-kt5tr Why didn't the pilot just set the timer for detonation? 5 minutes wasn't enough time for the cases to get to the plane and the pilot to get out anyway. Qualen was right about the stupid bastard and his fool proof plan.
0:55
Hollywodd has it all wrong. Those pilots would have no expression
Is that D-Day from Animal House?
Has no grade point average. All courses incomplete. Hired as a treasury agent. Yep. It all lines up.
@roland7584 So, this is what D-Day been doing after fleeing without a trace.
Roku punching robots can be okay. Not my fav unless you have an Artosis level articulator.
The two of them could of just dropped the cases and parachuted out of the plane and followed where the cases would land...
But they're flying over a freezing cold mountainous wilderness. Dangerous to parachute into, and difficult to get out of.
@@mike18699-e As 2 kids jump with parachutes off the mountain in the next scene.
@roland7584 yeah, but those two are local. They know the area, and where to find shelter, and they have a vehicle parked near where they're going to land.
They know the valley that they are jumping into, and the very fact that they _are_ jumping into the valley makes it much safer than exiting from an aircraft flying at speed and not being sure whether you're going to end up on a peak, in a valley, in trees...
And just to add to my earlier thoughts about why the original commenter's strategy would be dicey, the robbers could not have been sure that the cases would survive the drop from the plane.
@@mike18699-e Yeah, but it's also a movie and most of the stuff that happens later couldn't really happen anyway, so they could write it anyway they wanted. For instance, somehow later, on their little, quiet day hike, they end up right with these kids who jumped.
@@mike18699-e 1 I am actually surprised they didn't run into any hibernating bears or other animals with all the cave exploration in this movie. Now that would have made for a unique twist.
Mini Uzi 👍👍👍
5:31
5:31
5:31
Batman bane scene
Bald guys to power
It's only 💰 money Tango, Tango(T,T,🤑)
so the other agents and the pilots were in on it but then they turned on each other.
Don't Americans have DVDs? Why pay to watch this old movie?
No.
Cliffhanger is a big, dumb action film and I'd say it's one of the better entries in the genre.
It's just a shame that it has a terrific, shocking opening that the rest of the movie struggles a bit to live up to. I could watch that opening scene any number of times, but it's all _relatively_ disappointing from then on.
Сцена конечно крутая, слов нет, однако стоимость 2ух частных самолетов намного выше чем 3 бокса наполненных до верху долларами. Поэтому всё происходящее теряет абсолютно какой-либо смысл, потерять 2 самолета в десятки миллионов долларов, убить уеву тучу людей, пилота, специальных агентов, каких-то посторонних левых людей. Но выглядит сцена конечно шикарно)
6:40 goodbye fbi
Really? I thought 80s was
"Anti-
Corruption:
- Democracy
Call!!!"
- ARMY."
Average Uber journey?
I'm going to start talking about the Roku GSN lineup. I need a show without Joey. Something with wheels or rectangles. I'm sick of trivia.
Get Rich or Die Trying
PERFECT example of why Renny Harlin dont get to make movies with a big budget any more - he is so bad at it. This movie was really REALLY bad at the time, and it sucks harder now that ever before. Its like a child got to make a movie for adults. Pathetic, like all Renny harlins films.
WTF are you talking about, as far as action films go cliffhanger is totally solid, far better than the CGI shite hollywood pumps out these days.
That's pretty harsh. Cliffhanger is a big, dumb action film but within the confines of the genre I'd say it's a decent effort.
It's just a shame that it has a terrific opening that the rest of the movie struggles a bit to live up to.
Note to self: never step on a man’s wristwatch
No gloves on , that high in altitude
Not only that but a lot of exposed skin. None of them would have even lived through that by the time they were rescued.
typical spirit airlines.
0:07