Things I learned from Cliffhanger

That when you kill a million people, you are a conqueror.

That the clip is not gonna hold.

That treasury agents are the most superstitious people on Earth because everyone wants what they have.

That it's a banana eating a monkey.

9. Qualen is the one 4000 feet down and wearing a helicopter!



Jonas Hodges: Stress is the fertilizer of creativity.

137: It's worth crashing a 17-45million dollar private executive jet to go fetch 100million dollars in the frozen Forrest, even down to the end when it's only a 30mil case.

138: The helicopter doesn't have enough fuel to find the case and get back, must stay put. Until Lithgow starts it up. Then you have hours of fun left.

139: Once you're soccer kicked excessively and broke you leg, you can still hike and climb mountains.

140: Foot tracks from Sly and the girl after taking the money are covered up in minutes despite it not currently snowing.

141: Sub machine guns should have scopes because their short unrifled barrels allows for long range ineffective shooting.

142: The first case was the strongest as it kept all the bills neat and in order, yet was opened by a rock. The rest just burst with (reused bills from the last scene)unorganized bills.

143: No matter how much running/climbing/fighting you do in high altitude - you'll only start heavy breathing, unless you're hiking through the mountains at night with only a shirt on. Otherwise you're good.

144: The money cases were bigger than the private jet doorway. In these special cases, during mid air delivery, opening the cases and taking the money out while they are tethered outside a flying plane is the best course of action.

When basejumping, you can easily talk to your partner in a perfectly calm manner. No need to scream!

When fighting with Qualen atop a helicopter on
the side of a cliff, you are advised to "stick around"

I also learned that Delmar was a fvcking good striker

163) you always carry like a dozen flashlights with you, if you're on a plane
164) if you want your minions to kill somebody, always go away and let them deal with it alone - and don't forget to tell them not to use a gun for whatever bs reason you can think of. "be quiet" is always a good one. even when you're like dozens of miles away from anybody
165) hjones7 loves this thread
166) if you're working with a villain, always get on the plain before the money, because he may not wait for you. as soon as your on the plane, there's no way he might just kill you then
167) if you're setting up a bomb, don't be generous with the time. time is money, you know. to be a real pro, set the timer on the specific timespan that an agent you shot (and whom you didn't bother checking if he's still alive) needs to shoot your plane.
168) if you have a gun, still try to kill your hostage with your zubaza-tiger-kick and just die yourself
169) if you have a gun, but you're in a helikopter, just *beep* the gun and try to wrestle sylvester stallone. even if you're like 60 years old
170) a rope that is intended for rock-climbing will rip if you beat it with a stone - at least when you're on a mountain trying not to be pulled down by some crooks
171) if a mountain rescue guy confuses two places on the walky-talky, you won't check back, because you will instantly get that he's trying to send you a hidden message. however, you won't act on it but go anyways.
172) if you try to shoot somebody and he stabs your leg with a pocket-knife, you never shoot him anyways. instead you just scream until he throws you off the mountain
173) when you steal something, you always have a tracking device with you, because you anticipate, that your plan is *beep*
174) if you want to kill somebody and he's voluntarily shouting his position to you, NEVER think about that being a trap. not even if he has a partner. and on top of it, make a quick remark about how easy it was to find him - just for the irony
181) imdb-forum-members get even the most complex movies, but don't know how to count

That if you show a couple of mountain rangers 3 points on a 2-dimensional representation of a mountain range, they will each instantly recognize precisely where those locations are, despite the fact that the terrain representation has no depth. One of the mountain rangers, having only seen the screen once before breaking away from the thieves, will have all three points memorized and be able to find each case without benefit of the tracking device.

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