Synopsis
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
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Cast
- Sam WorthingtonNick Cassidy
- Elizabeth BanksLydia Mercer
- Jamie BellJoey Cassidy
- Anthony MackieMike Ackerman
- Edward BurnsJack Dougherty
- Génesis RodríguezAngie
- Ed HarrisDavid Englander
- Titus WelliverDante Marcus
- Kyra SedgwickSuzie Morales
- J. Smith-CameronPsychiatrist
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ReelViews
On balance, Man on a Ledge is fun, but I left the theater feeling disappointed and cheated, as if the filmmakers set me up for something great they ultimately couldn't deliver. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
Clichés and thin thrillers are what we can expect from January releases and while Man on a Ledge has predictability to spare, it also has something that makes your time spent worthwhile: legitimate suspense. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
To his credit, director Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil) gets right to the business at hand where the set-up is concerned, but it's in the execution that this would-be thriller falls flat. - 50
Variety
This cloddishly contrived suspenser is too busy to bore, but too farfetched to thrill, combining routine heist-thriller machinations with dialogue that often thuds like a body hitting asphalt. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Despite the occasional dumb fun - especially with the heist portions - the leap of logic required to make it all work is enough to leave your brain pancaked on the sidewalk. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie cuts back and forth between two preposterous plot lines and uses the man on the ledge as a device to pump up the tension. - 42
Tampa Bay Times
Man on a Ledge makes bigger leaps of logic than Nick will if he fails a gravity test. If the transparent sting springing him from Sing Sing doesn't roll your eyes, then wait for the climax when Nick becomes a kind of plainclothes Spider-Man. - 40
Time Out
Trusting an action drone like Worthington to anchor the human drama is a fatal mistake. With him perched on that narrow slab of concrete, it's only a matter of time before the film plummets.