A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Cliffhanger is a straightforward action-thriller focused on individual heroism and survival against a group of ruthless criminals. The film's core conflict and solution are largely apolitical, emphasizing universal themes of good versus evil and personal courage without promoting specific political ideologies.
The movie features a predominantly white cast without explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditional roles. The narrative is a conventional action-thriller that does not critique traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes.
The film "Cliffhanger" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on action, survival, and the conflict between the protagonists and antagonists in a mountain setting, without incorporating any elements related to queer identity.
The film features Jessie Deighan as the primary female character involved in action sequences. While she participates in dangerous situations and uses a flare gun to defeat a male antagonist, there are no instances where she engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents using skill, strength, or martial arts.
Cliffhanger (1993) is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters from source material, prior adaptations, or real-world history whose gender could have been altered.
Cliffhanger (1993) is an original film with no prior source material or historical figures for its characters. All characters were created for this specific movie, establishing their race for the first time on screen. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a previously established version.
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