Frankly, I went into MAN ON A LEDGE, with a bad attitude. Contained thrillers often seem, well, contained. I don’t consider Liberty Stands Still and Phone Booth classics. I received what I expected, nothing more, nothing less.
This is a classic example of the trailer giving away too much. It’s not uncommon for the trailer to tease the first fifteen minutes of a movie and throw in a stunt or two. Then you’re left with the bulk of the movie to be discovered. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol had a great trailer. They gave us lots of action and stunts, but not much of a hint as to story. The Man on a Ledge trailer gives you the entire plot. Man goes on a ledge as a diversion for revenge. That’s it - just add a couple of stunts and you have a movie.
The acting was top notch. Sam Worthington makes a fantastic man on a ledge. You believe he just might jump. Elizabeth Banks shines as the officer assigned to talk Worthington off the ledge, despite the awkward hanging out the window to do her work. A couple of my favorites make appearances. Ed Burns plays a cop and Ed Harris weighs in as our bad guy. The eye candy, Genesis Rodriguez, does not disappoint.
No spoiler alert for this one - the trailer did that for me. There are a couple of times where the filmmaker cheats and things come just a little to easy - the final scene in the safe for example. All in all, I rate this movie three of five airplanes.
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