Cliffhanger 
(1993) - after many aerial scenes of a medevac rescue chopper (a German registered Bell 205) searching
the snowy peaks for jet plane wreckage and some lost climbers, the climactic fight scene in
Renny Harlin's action thriller occurs halfway down a sheer cliff wall. This punch-up
between the muscular hero (Sylvester Stallone) and the chief villain (John Lithgow) takes
place on the underside of an inverted chopper, hanging from the aircraft's winch cable
that's hooked to a rusty metal ladder - partially torn away from the vertical rock face
by the weight of the wreckage. In the end, brawn and wit overcomes brains, and so a long
fall and huge fiery explosion gets rid of the troublesome bad guy. This is a very silly stunt
sequence, of course, even by the sensational standards of Hollywood helicopter action, but
that's the reason I like it.
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