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Rating: 1.5 stars

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Seen on: 01/10/2012

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Man on a Ledge (2012)

Directed by Asger Leth

Crime | Thriller | Action

Most recently watched by tylermager

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Ed Harris | Jamie Bell | Robert Clohessy | Terry Serpico | Patrick Collins | Gerry Vichi | William Sadler | Elizabeth Banks | Edward Burns | John Comer | Kyra Sedgwick | Arthur J. Nascarella | Titus Welliver | J. Smith-Cameron | Anthony Mackie | Sam Worthington | Pooja Kumar | Jeff Grossman | Daniel Sauli | Sylvia Kauders | John Dossett | Jimmy Palumbo | James Andrew O'Connor | Génesis Rodríguez | Geoffrey Cantor | Afton Williamson | Mandy Gonzalez | Liz Holtan | Jason Kolotouros | Felix Solis | Joe Lisi | Ann Arvia | Jonathan Walker | Bill Walters | Michael Laurence | Frank Pando | Derrick T. Lewis | Brian James Pepe | Jabari Gray | Jason Furlani | Brett G. Smith | J. Bernard Calloway | Marmee Cosico | Don Castro | James Yaegashi | Barbara Marineau | Frank Anello | Candice McKoy | Johnny Solo | Erin Quill | Justin Chauncey | Cal Koury | Mario Moise Fontaine | Rick Pantera

Viewing Notes

Unfortunately this will likely be a quick few thoughts since the movie didn’t really make me feel much of anything. It’s the epitome of “well, that was something I watched”. Overly long and far too obvious, Man on a Ledge kills any sort of tension it might build up through the first act with uninspired performances from a typically solid cast featuring Sam Worthington(not typically solid), Ed Harris, Ed Burns, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie and Kyra Sedgwick (although really, does she even count? she’s barely there and might have 2 lines for a poorly written character). Everyone’s on autopilot barely scrounging anything that’s given to them with tedious dialogue and logic defying character choices.

The story, if you even care at this point, is a man sent to jail for a crime he didn’t commit decides to step onto a ledge to distract everyone from an actual crime he has planned in the next door building carried out by his brother in order to prove his innocence. Don’t cry spoiler, because seriously, that synopsis is exactly the entire movie. There are no big twists (save for one but if you can’t see that coming from a mile away you simply weren’t paying attention) and no particularly interesting character revelations but it does feature every cliche in the book. The movie not only holds your hand throughout the entire run time but dares to act as if these “revelations” are heart attack inducing.

Man on a Ledge is just plain boring and forgettable. Nothing great about the performances, a cliche ridden script and lazy direction make for yet another January radar blip that people will struggle to remember by the end of 2 hours much less the end of the weekend. Skip it.

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