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title: "Fall 2: Deadpoint"
year: 2026
kind: "film"
canonical: "https://film.one/film/fall-2-deadpoint"
fi1m_id: "fall-2-deadpoint"
imdb_id: "tt31192372"
tmdb_id: 1101412
wikidata_id: "Q136388712"
fi1m_score: 63
critics_score: 58
critics_reviews: 6
published: "2026-09-14"
updated: "2026-10-06T10:37:15.677583+00:00"
region: "HU"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Fall 2: Deadpoint (2026)

Directed by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig · 1h 38m · Thriller, Sport

## Identity

Fall 2: Deadpoint

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/fall-2-deadpoint
- **Type:** Film
- **Fi1m ID:** fall-2-deadpoint
- **IMDb ID:** tt31192372
- **TMDB ID:** 1101412
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136388712
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31192372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1101412, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136388712

**Fi1m score: 63** · Critics 58 from 6 reviews

*In a sentence:* A plank walk above a mountain drop, with added personal drama in case falling off seems too relaxing

> The climbing in *Fall 2: Deadpoint* can still make us flinch, but recycled conflict and thin dialogue keep getting in the way. There is enough here for height-thriller devotees, provided they forgive the interruptions.

## Synopsis

Jax Hunter (Harriet Slater) and Luce (Arsema Thomas) face a dangerous plank walk on a mountain in Thailand. High above the ground, the two women must negotiate a route that leaves little room for a misplaced step, using their ingenuity against the terrain and the elements. Personal conflicts complicate a thriller centred on their efforts to survive. Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig direct, with a cast that also includes Tom Brittney as Jon Platt and Virginia Gardner as Shiloh Hunter.

## Review

A plank walk on a Thai mountain is quite enough to support a thriller, and *Fall 2: Deadpoint* gets a respectable amount of discomfort from it. Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig pile on problems, sometimes moving along before a danger has had time to become unbearable. We would give it a qualified recommendation to anyone with a taste for climbing peril. The trouble is the amount of familiar personal drama attached to the climb.

Harriet Slater’s Jax Hunter and Arsema Thomas’s Luce supply the human reason to keep watching. Thomas is particularly good at making the physical jeopardy matter, while Slater helps keep the partnership involving despite the thin writing. Jonathan Frank and Scott Mann give the women ingenuity, but too little character beyond the conflicts needed to complicate their predicament. Their dialogue is basic enough that the performances have to do much of the work.

We winced at the plank walk. The thought of trusting the next piece of wood with a person’s weight did it; the film needs little explanation when the danger is that easy to understand. Andrew Strahorn’s cinematography makes the climbing uncomfortable, although the rock face does not consistently look frightening. The strongest passages give us a physical task we can follow, but the less convincing effects sometimes make the height easier to dismiss.

Jacinta Leong’s production design gives the film a useful centre in the plank route, where an ordinary movement can become an ordeal. That is a sound basis for suspense, and the women’s attempts to negotiate the terrain hold our attention. Tim Despic’s music cannot make the surrounding personal drama feel equally pressing. There is already enough to worry about in the effort of getting across.

Co-editor Tommy Aagaard favours speed, which helps the succession of obstacles but leaves some climbs feeling hurried. A climbing thriller needs time for us to consider an unpleasant possibility before the next one arrives. Here, the repeated use of flashbacks also takes attention away from the immediate business of survival. We could have done with less background explanation and more patience with the danger in front of us. The film runs 98 minutes.

Frank and Mann’s personal conflicts too often feel borrowed from the first film. There is room for silliness in a thriller like this, but each new complication ought to make the women’s situation harder to escape or harder to bear. Too much of this material merely adds something else to explain. The Spierigs satisfy the basic survival-thriller requirement of putting a frightening obstacle in the way, then too often interrupt the effort to get past it.

We would keep expectations modest and come for the practical problem of getting two people across something nobody should be walking on. Slater and Thomas make that a sufficiently involving prospect, even when the script gives them little help. Give it an evening if heights already make you uneasy; expect the conversations to offer a breather.

*Fi1m score 63, published 14 September 2026.*

## What the critics say

The reviews lean towards qualified approval of Fall 2: Deadpoint’s survival thrills, with most critics finding enough vertigo and physical peril to make its familiar setup work in stretches. Praise centres on the high-altitude action and the women’s resourcefulness, though the effectiveness of the climbing sequences is disputed. Variety also singles out the lead performances, particularly Arsema Thomas, as a strength amid the contrivances.

The reservations cluster around recycled conflicts, thin characterisation and dialogue, with several critics finding the sequel less suspenseful than the original. There is a substantial spread of opinion on the storytelling: /Film welcomes the expanded twists and soap-opera elements, finding intrigue and satisfying payoffs after a bumpy start. The Observer takes the opposite view, finding a tired formula that has lost its queasy tension. Unconvincing effects attract criticism too, although some reviews find the physical thrills sufficient compensation.

## Straight answers

**Is Fall 2: Deadpoint worth watching?**

*Fall 2: Deadpoint* is worth an evening for anyone who enjoys height thrillers, and we scored it 63. The plank walk across a Thai mountain made us wince, and Harriet Slater and Arsema Thomas keep the partnership involving. The recycled personal drama and thin dialogue keep interrupting the climb, so expect a decent thriller rather than a tense one throughout.

**How long is Fall 2: Deadpoint, and what is it rated?**

*Fall 2: Deadpoint* runs 1h 38m. It is a thriller and sport film.

**Where can I watch Fall 2: Deadpoint in Hungary?**

*Fall 2: Deadpoint* is not on any streaming or rental service in Hungary at the moment. It is available in 3 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily.

**How violent or frightening is Fall 2: Deadpoint, and is it suitable for children?**

*Fall 2: Deadpoint* carries a UK 12A certificate, so it is suitable for most children over twelve, with the fear coming from heights rather than violence. The discomfort is in watching two women trust their weight to planks above a long drop, which anyone uneasy about heights will feel. Younger or more squeamish viewers may find the sustained peril too much.

**How does Fall 2: Deadpoint compare to The Wages of Fear?**

*Fall 2: Deadpoint* is the lesser film beside [*The Wages of Fear*](https://film.one/film/the-wages-of-fear), which is the harder, more patient thriller. Henri-Georges Clouzot lets the danger of his nitroglycerine-laden road build slowly and spends more time on the people travelling it, while the Spierigs hurry from obstacle to obstacle and pad the climb with borrowed personal conflict. Choose the Clouzot for lasting tension, the sequel for a quick, undemanding scare.

**What should I watch after Fall 2: Deadpoint?**

After *Fall 2: Deadpoint*, try [*The Wages of Fear*](https://film.one/film/the-wages-of-fear) (1953, Fi1m 90): A dangerous road supplies the terror, with more patience for the people travelling it. Then [*The Descent*](https://film.one/film/the-descent) (2005, Fi1m 85): The climbing goes underground, with stronger character work and less room to move; and [*127 Hours*](https://film.one/film/127-hours) (2010, Fi1m 81): A confined survival story that finds enough trouble in one man’s immediate predicament.

### Reviews we read (8)

- **Variety**, Todd Gilchrist (75/100, inferred): The critic finds the sequel mostly successful at replicating the original's vertiginous tension and delivering white-knuckle thrills through believable stunts, but hampered by duplicating the first film's personal conflicts and narrative twists, which feel contrived and undermine the suspense. Praise goes to the effective big-screen thrills and strong lead performances, particularly Arsema Thomas. [Read](https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/fall-2-deadpoint-review-1236848979/)
- **Empire**, John Nugent (70/100, inferred): The sequel delivers effective vertigo-inducing thrills and sweaty-palm tension but feels scrappier and more generic than the first film, with basic dialogue and simplistic character work. It singles out the high-wire action sequences, especially one monkey-bar swing at extreme height, for praise as brutally effective. [Read](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/fall-2/)
- **The AV Club**, Simon Abrams (C-): The critic finds it an underwhelming sequel with rushed pacing, flat dialogue, and insufficient tension in climbing sequences despite some twists; praises the few dizzying climbing scenes but notes overall lack of focus compared to the original. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/fall-2-deadpoint-review)
- **The Observer**, Wendy Ide (30/100, inferred): The critic finds this sequel lacklustre and a tired retread unlikely to repeat the original film's success. She notes that a rigid adherence to the formula leaves the queasy tension missing and calls out the added drug-running subplot as inauthentic. [Read](https://observer.co.uk/culture/film/article/wendy-ides-pick-of-the-other-films-pressure-practical-magic-2-oasis-dont-look-back-in-anger-fall-2-deadpoint-better-go-mad-in-the-wild)
- **Radio Times**, Jeremy Aspinall (3 out of 5): The Spierig brothers' direction brings a catalogue of threats and obstacles in a different tempo from the original, with breathless edge-of-the-seat moments from the women's ingenuity against the elements. Less convincing special effects are offset by the visceral high-stakes survival thrills in this disaster sequel. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/fall-2-review/)
- **Time Out**, Hanna Flint (3 out of 5 stars): The sequel delivers cheap thrills and high-octane silliness as two women tackle a dangerous plank walk on a Thai mountain, but it rehashes the original's premise with paper-thin characters and overreliance on flashbacks. The nail-biting survival efforts stand out as wincing to watch amid the daft elements and drug subplot. [Read](https://www.timeout.com/movies/fall-2-review-2026)
- **/Film**, Bill Bria (7/10): The critic finds 'Fall 2: Deadpoint' a successful sequel that expands the series with wilder stakes, double the twists, and a shift toward soap-opera elements while remaining connected to the original. It singles out the script's intrigue and payoffs for keeping the nail-biting thriller engaging despite a bumpy start and some CGI limitations. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/2249339/fall-2-movie-review/)
- **The Wrap** (55/100, inferred): The critic views the sequel as a familiar, schlocky follow-up that can't escape repetition of the original's beats and suffers from less suspenseful rock-face visuals. The energetic climax provides some rescue and allows forgiveness for its absurd, Die Hard 2-style premise. [Read](https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/fall-2-deadpoint-review/)

## Details

- **Director:** Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
- **Director:** Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
- **Writer:** Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann
- **Cinematography:** Andrew Strahorn
- **Editor:** Tommy Aagaard, Scott Gray
- **Music:** Tim Despic
- **Production design:** Jacinta Leong
- **Producer:** Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri
- **Cast:** Harriet Slater as Jax Hunter; Arsema Thomas as Luce; Tom Brittney as Jon Platt; Virginia Gardner as Shiloh Hunter; Sahajak Boonthanakit as Thai Barman; Korakod Yensuk as Large Woman; Jordan Coleman as Luce; Maryna Bennett as Female Teenager
- **Runtime:** 1h 38m
- **First release (CN):** 1 September 2026
- **Genres:** Thriller, Sport
- **Budget:** $3 million
- **Box office:** $3 million
- **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krs0VDIjhmE

## Where to watch in Hungary

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## If you liked this

- *The Wages of Fear* (1953), Fi1m 90: A dangerous road supplies the terror, with more patience for the people travelling it. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-wages-of-fear.md)
- *The Descent* (2005), Fi1m 85: The climbing goes underground, with stronger character work and less room to move. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md)
- *North Face* (2008): Mountain peril made harsher by cold, exhaustion and the stubbornness of the climbers.
- *127 Hours* (2010), Fi1m 81: A confined survival story that finds enough trouble in one man’s immediate predicament. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *The Towering Inferno* (1974), Fi1m 68: For another ensemble discovering that height makes every practical problem considerably worse. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-towering-inferno.md)

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