Man On A Ledge (Blu-ray)

Although the title makes you think it might be a bit dull I found it quite engaging and exciting I didnt feel the ending was obvious apart from when I saw it the second time at the cinema! Sam Worthington was really good and the build up is really well layered. I couldnt wait for this to be released to buy it.

Although the title makes you think it might be a bit dull I found it quite engaging and exciting I didnt feel the ending was obvious apart from when I saw it the second time at the cinema! Sam Worthington was really good and the build up is really well layered. I couldnt wait for this to be released to buy it.

According to Hollywood heist movies, the best way to steal something priceless is while the world watches unaware. Man On A Ledge's less than stellar USP is to have Sam Worthington threatening to jump off a NYC skyscraper as literally tens of people block the streets below, transfixed.
While this escaped con threatens suicide, his brother (Jamie Bell) and girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) enact what might be the dimmest robbery committed to celluloid, involving a skateboard, a Polaroid and an extraordinary capacity to suspend disbelief.
Despite its impressive cast. Director Asger Leth's follow up to documentary Ghosts Of Cite Soleil feels a bit second hand, as if it passed through the in trays of several better known actors on its way to the screen.
Think Russell Crowe instead of Worthington in the lead, Charlize Theron rather than Banks as the hostage expert, Edward Norton instead of Edward Burns as her superior. It's not that any of them are particularly bad (although Worthington's American accent barely goes the distance), it's just hard to muster much interest when the performers don't seem to be able to, and some of the dialogue's so excruciating it's a wonder the screenwriter isn't joining his protagonist on the ledge. Credibility teeters on the brink. Would Worthington's Nick really risk it all to steal a MacGuffin (evil Ed Harris' favourite diamond) that might not even be there in the first place?
Whether entertainingly terrible thriller or unintentional comedy, Man On A Ledge's plan is simple, if stupid stitch together the unlikeliest bits of Die Hard and The Negotiator and hope no one notices. How's that for a bit of daylight robbery?
You can't deny the movie is dumber than its title and less exciting than its poster, as this spectacularly silly thriller starts with a sky high concept and soon plummets towards preposterousness but if you disengae the brain from all the plot holes the movie is a bit of mindless entertainment that although you won't remember in 'T' minus one day it passes the time pretty well.
See if you like......
Oceans 11
Hostage.
Phone Booth.
John Q.
Inside man.
The Negotiator

According to Hollywood heist movies, the best way to steal something priceless is while the world watches unaware. Man On A Ledge's less than stellar USP is to have Sam Worthington threatening to jump off a NYC skyscraper as literally tens of people block the streets below, transfixed.
While this escaped con threatens suicide, his brother (Jamie Bell) and girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) enact what might be the dimmest robbery committed to celluloid, involving a skateboard, a Polaroid and an extraordinary capacity to suspend disbelief.
Despite its impressive cast. Director Asger Leth's follow up to documentary Ghosts Of Cite Soleil feels a bit second hand, as if it passed through the in trays of several better known actors on its way to the screen.
Think Russell Crowe instead of Worthington in the lead, Charlize Theron rather than Banks as the hostage expert, Edward Norton instead of Edward Burns as her superior. It's not that any of them are particularly bad (although Worthington's American accent barely goes the distance), it's just hard to muster much interest when the performers don't seem to be able to, and some of the dialogue's so excruciating it's a wonder the screenwriter isn't joining his protagonist on the ledge. Credibility teeters on the brink. Would Worthington's Nick really risk it all to steal a MacGuffin (evil Ed Harris' favourite diamond) that might not even be there in the first place?
Whether entertainingly terrible thriller or unintentional comedy, Man On A Ledge's plan is simple, if stupid stitch together the unlikeliest bits of Die Hard and The Negotiator and hope no one notices. How's that for a bit of daylight robbery?
You can't deny the movie is dumber than its title and less exciting than its poster, as this spectacularly silly thriller starts with a sky high concept and soon plummets towards preposterousness but if you disengae the brain from all the plot holes the movie is a bit of mindless entertainment that although you won't remember in 'T' minus one day it passes the time pretty well.
See if you like......
Oceans 11
Hostage.
Phone Booth.
John Q.
Inside man.
The Negotiator

Typical American gung ho cop tat. What I thought might have been a good movie turned out to be the total opposite. The story line was quite poor because a third way through watching, you knew what the outcome was and who did it. Ed Harris's makeup made him look ill and anorexic and in one scene Eds forehead looked absurdly too wrinkly, makeup malfunction I presume. Good job I rented this movie, I think a lot of people are gonna be upset who bought it...