Release Date: January 27th, 2012Tomatometer: 33% (135 reviews)
Cineblog Rating: 5/10
Honestly, I didn't expect much from this movie. I hadn't been particularly impressed from the trailers, and the premise of the movie didn't really seem all that spectacular to me. The main reason I was sitting down to watch it was so that I could make a joke about how this movie wanted to make me stand on a ledge. But, surprisingly, when the credits rolled, I wasn't quite ready to make the jump.
Man on a Ledge is about exactly what it sounds like, a man standing on a ledge. Nick Cassidy enters the Roosevelt Hotel under a false name and promptly climbs out onto a ledge on the 21st floor. The people on the streets below quickly take notice and call the police, who section off the block. But Nick won't speak to just any police negotiator and Detective Lydia Mercer is brought to the scene to unravel Cassidy's past and talk him off the ledge.
Pretty much everything in Man on a Ledge you've seen before in half a dozen other cheesy action thrillers, so if you're looking for something original or revolutionary and ground-breaking, this absolutely isn't the movie for you. But, if you don't mind watching a cut-and-pasted together homage to action crime heist thrillers (which I certainly don't mind every now and then), then you can really have a lot of fun watching Man on a Ledge. Just remember, watch your footing.
So Pretty Much: If you're not expecting much more than a mindless thriller, then take a leap of faith with Man on a Ledge.
