Man on a Ledge

    Man on a Ledge
    2012

    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

    Recommendations

    • 63

      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.

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