Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Jamie Bell, Robert Clohessy, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Terry Serpico, William Sadler, Sam Worthington, Jeff Grossman, Gerry Vichi, Jason Kolotouros, Arthur J. Nascarella, James Thomas Bligh, Génesis Rodríguez, Afton Williamson, J. Smith-Cameron, Jonathan Walker, Daniel Sauli, Mandy Gonzalez, Barbara Marineau, Patrick Collins, Joe Lisi, Candice McKoy, Johnny Solo, Titus Welliver, James Yaegashi, Frank Pando, Michael Laurence, Don Castro, Pooja Kumar, John Dossett, Sylvia Kauders, Felix Solis, Jabari Gray, James Andrew O'Connor, Ann Arvia, Liz Holtan, Jason Furlani, Erin Quill, Jimmy Palumbo, J. Bernard Calloway, Geoffrey Cantor, Brett G. Smith, John Comer, Frank Anello, Justin Chauncey, Marmee Cosico, Cal Koury, Derrick T. Lewis, Jeremy McLain, Mario Moise Fontaine, Rick Pantera, Brian James Pepe, Bill Walters
Trailer
Reviews
63
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
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
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.
