Not a bad movie this one. Okay, I wasn’t expecting a lot and I don’t think anybody involved expected anything Oscar winning. It’s just a simple good old heist thriller with one difference…

…“ A Man on a Ledge” Pure and simple that is what differs this from any other heist film. I found a hint of “The Negotiator” in this with a cop clearing his name of a crime he didn’t commit and the corrupt cops but overall, it was enjoyable and kept my interest.

Are there plot holes…of course but it didn’t matter because the action was well paced and kept me entertained so I let it slide.  I guess I enjoy this type of movie, switch off the brain for 2 hours and watch insane people doing insane things, it’s all good if it's your thing.

The acting, well Sam Worthington is a local W.A lad from Rockingham or originally from Godalming which just happens to be close to where I lived in the U.K so he’s okay in my books. Elizabeth Banks was pleasant and Jamie Bell was good although there is no way in hell he is pulling that kind of chick even in a movie.

The plot, pretty simple:

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) is an escaped convict who is obviously wrongfully accused (same title as a Leslie Nelson Film I know) He decides to climb out onto a ledge outside a hotel room in the city, with a crowd below waiting for him to jump. He also has one request and asks for a particular person.

This happens to be (Lydia) Elizabeth Banks who is a negotiator tries to talk him down, she has history and her last assignment didn’t go down too well, this is her redemption if you like.

But Nick is actually done all this for a distraction, he’s buying time for his brother Joey (Jamie Bell) and girlfriend Angie (Genesis Rodrigues who BTW is out of Jamie Bell’s league, I think I mentioned this already ) to steal a diamond from a high powered ruthless crook David (Ed Harris) within a high-tech security system in a neighbouring building.

They go through some Mission Impossible style hi-jinks to break in which is well done I thought.

Hence to say that they steal the diamond and clear Nick’s name with the ever expected jump from the building at the end to help foil our antag. It’s nothing special, it won’t blow your socks off but I think you’re have a good time if you turn your brain off like you should and enjoy.

All in all, an entertaining movie. Not breaking any new ground but definitely worth watching with a glass of red on a Friday evening.

Yep.  Agreed, it was entertaining.  It wasn't anything particularly special but it wasn't a bad movie either.

I found it to be a staggeringly mediocre movie.
Ok twists. Ok pacing. Ok heist stuff.
I was pretty wise to the script's shenanigans before the reveals.
A nice movie to fold laundry to.
But it is a lot better than its "sister film" that went directly to VOD...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535970/

E.D.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer A nice movie to fold laundry to.

A nice movie to wipe your ass with. Even if it's on a VHS tape I'd still do it.

Could the plot be any more stupid? Could Mister Plywood himself, Sam Worthington, act any worse? Fuck. This movie is offensively bad. Can't figure out how they lured a fantastic actor like Ed Harris into this feces-bukkake of a trainwreck. Guess he needed the money. Badly.

Don't watch it. Ever. And if you see a copy of it - burn it.

Quoted from sniper Could Mister Plywood himself, Sam Worthington, act any worse?

One of the many reasons my brother and I were calling it "Boring Man on a Boring Ledge"...

Quoted from sniper Could Mister Plywood himself, Sam Worthington, act any worse?

I'll be honest and say Worthington is one of the worst actors in Hollywood at the moment. Just cringe worthy. I have no clue why people hire him.

Quoted from nawazm11 I have no clue why people hire him.

Sad but simple reason. He was the main character in the highest-grossing film of all time. He won't be going away any time soon.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Sad but simple reason. He was the main character in the highest-grossing film of all time. He won't be going away any time soon.

The same thing happened with Arnold Schwarzenegger.  The man can't act is way out of a wet paper bag, but James Cameron is able to pull a very specific performance out of his actors.

Arnold as the Terminator:  An emotionless cyborg that speaks in choppy sentences.  Not much of a stretch.  Great performance though.

Sam as Jake Sully:  An emotionless Marine that you don't see for most of the movie.

In fact, the most emotion you see out of Sam Worthington, is when he's CGI.

I don't think I'm going to go out of my way to see, Man on a Ledge.  That is unless I'm folding clothes or I run out of toilet paper.

Jordan

God Damn...this was just terrible.  How anyone can provide any praise here is just way too far beyond my puny brain's ability.

This a $42 Million production with alot of star power..  It was a BO Bomb and I have to say, I'm glad, because this first time writer and director should never work again.

Oh fuck...where to begin?  OK, how about this?  The movie doesn't necessarily look bad and I guess if you completely turn out all common sense and try to buy into what's supposedly taking place, there are far worse films out there for sure, but the problems we have here, start with an abysmal script, and end with some terrible acting performances, possibly die to the terrible script writing.

Let's hit the script first.  Pablo F. Fenjves, you are an idiot.  Your script is downright terrible.  Absolutely ludicrous in literally every way imaginable.  There isn't a single scene, action, character, or plot point that comes off remotely realistic.  In fact, I'd say 95% or more is laugh out loud pathetic.  I'm not even going to go into any detail here because if you want examples, sit down and watch this fucking joke of an action flick.  TERRIBLE!!!

I will say that another reason this script sucks the life out of all that is holy and bright is the way that it tries so hard to check off all the boxes in what the gurus say makes a great script.  And you now what?  it's a big reason why this script sucks so fucking bad.  So sad to see Producers and the like scooping shit like this u and throwing lots of good money into something that has absolutely no chance of succeeding from the get go.

Let's move on quickly to the actors and their performances.   Sam Worthington - terrible as usual.  Completely unconvincing in every way.  Elizabeth Banks - I don't dislike her, but she's not right here at all, and the terrible script is probably to blame.  Jaime Bell and Genesis Rodriguez - Damn, this Genesis chick is a hotass babe of all babes, but these 2 characters are like cartoons.  Just laughable to think for even 1 second that they could or would do anything they did in this entire movie.  Ed Burns - as usual, just horrible and so irritating.  For 45, he looks about 55 and his parts are getting worse and worse as he ages.  Kyra Sedgwick - Don't like her, never have, and absolutely hated her here.  Terrible completely unnecessary role and her performance was very grating, as well.  William Sadler - Love this guy, but again, 2 things that were shocking to me - for 63 years old, he looks like he's going on 75, and his role here was just ludicrous.  Cartoon/Scooby Doo joke in every way.  He had to be embarrassed when he watched this back.  Ed Harris - always a fave of mine, but I'll echo the 2 things I mentioned about old William Sadler.  First of all, at 63, he looks like he's going on 85 or 90. I was just shocked how terrible and old he looked.  What the fuck happened, Ed?  His character is also laughable with the depth of an earthworm.  Ed's a great actor but his Snidely Whiplash performance here would work better if this was a comedy.  All his scenes play out poorly and completely unrealistic in every way imaginable.  Very disappointing.

IMO, this is a perfect example of how a shitty script can and will kill a movie.  Not a single plausible plot point in sight here.  Embarrassingly horrible in every way!!!