Super Boring & Very Uninteresting Movie. All The Scenes Had Nothing Exciting Happen + Don't Recommend Anyone To Watch This. Absolutely Hate It

Although there may be too much talking and a bit of direction issues, The Summit makes up for this by retelling the tragic 2008 accident on the Savage Mountain with both knowledge of the incident but by also blending in intrigue and emotion which truly captures this horrific accident wonderfully on the big screen.

Solid doc on the K2 tragedy from 2008 where 11 climbers died in a single day. The film intertwines actual and dramatization footage, but slowly reveals a divided climate between the various groups of nationalities without anyone ever really accepting any accountability including one of the team leaders and key rescuers.

Although there may be too much talking and a bit of direction issues, The Summit makes up for this by retelling the tragic 2008 accident on the Savage Mountain with both knowledge of the incident but by also blending in intrigue and emotion which truly captures this horrific accident wonderfully on the big screen.

This documentary reconstruction is as difficult as you'd expect. At times confusing, the uniqueness of this mountaineering film is the differing recollections of the participants.

Intriguing. On-mountain footage spectacular. Case study in how not to work together. Also, an example of how facts become stories (often (de)emphasising a subset of those facts). Strong personalities interesting. The Sherpas sensible, as ever. The complex storytelling easy to follow, if you concentrate. Ger McDonnell a remarkable individual. Recommended.

not terribly exciting but, definitely shows you the harsh reality of extreme climbing

Badly edited feature about people who decide to spend a fortune to climb a mountain notorious for its' high rate of deaths. So half of the movie is about them attempting to get to summit and the other half is them complaining and scratching their heads in disbelief that not all succeeded or survived. The movie should have been called "You can't cure stupid".

Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. The Summit is a documentary about one of the most beautiful and dangerous places on earth. The events are properly researched and told in a interesting way.

An interesting story and terrible tragedy, but difficult to follow at times.

The subject matter and the people are interesting enough to make this worth watching. The storyline isn't completely coherent, and it's not the best mountain climbing documentary out there.

The K2 literally casts a shadow as the sun sets-- all the way to China. The film itself was confusing, sad, and scary.

In August 2008, K2 mysteriously claimed the lives of eleven climbers and marked one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history. The Summit is a documentary that attempts to unwind all of the stories and find truth behind what actually happened. The spotlight is set on the very likeable, Ger McDonnell and the unfortunate decisions he faced on that grim day in the death zone. Writer Mark Monroe and Director Nick Ryan do a great job of illustrating the fallibility of humans under stress and in doing so, create the heroes and villains that every great story requires.

Fascinating but rather disjointed.

It's time shifting structure seems unnecessary in what is after all a documentary/docudrama and not a fiction film, but otherwise this is a gripping and desperately sad account of a tragedy on the slopes of one on of the most beautiful places on earth.

What worked? The visuals were well used and the overhead shots of K2 were breathtaking. What didnâ??t work? Execution. This documentary was messy, sloppily pasted together without any kind of natural flow or overarching point. It's a hodge-podge of footage - Interviews in particular lacked a sense of connectivity. The insertion of the background and history of the first K2 climber hung limply out of context with the rest of the stories, tangled as they were. The lack of clear, identifiable thread throughout took away from what could have been a really compelling story.

Although at times a little leading and dramatised this documentary on forty eight hours of carnage on the world's most dangerous mountain still manages to drag in the viewer before reaching a questionable conclusion.

confused and confusing from a narrative/film perspective. but still worth seeing to learn more about the story.

What A Dangerous Persuit For Happiness, A Fleeting Short Moment, Bookmarked By Various Painful Terrifying Memories, Of Regrettable Decisions...The Seperate Stories Of Heroics By 'Ger' & 'Pemba' Are Amazing. K2 Certainly Gives It's Honors With Little Regard To Humanitys Careless Nature, It Is A Very..Very Dangerous Place.

THE SUMMIT skirts some of the mysteries of the loss of 11 climbers on K2 in 2008, likely because there are no clear answers. Unfortunately we learn very little about most of the 11; instead the focus is on two of the eleven who lost their lives. Not sure why.