This movie seemed interesting at first but then you realize there's nothing to it. Man is on a ledge. Going to jump off. Heart-racing, on the edge of the chair, your sweat gathers on your forehead as you watch the man about to fall off. In the mean time, a crime-heist happens in the background, and the tension builds. So far so good. The man is still on the ledge. Your heart is racing but not as much as before, and you are tempted to lean back since he already survived. Your sweat starts too cool off, but you still think the crime-heist is good. Surely the movie is going to pivot point soon. Man is still on the ledge. Your heart is nearing back normal now. You're not sure where to be on the seat, and even the crime element isn't that thrilling--it has so many plot holes, you notice, that as entertaining as it tries to be, it can't hold on forever. Man on ledge. Your heart is perfectly fine. You're leaning back in your seat, and you are barely paying attention to the crime heist. You're hoping this movie will end soon. Man. Ledge. How many times have you seen this? Man. Ledge. When will this end? Man. Ledge. Man. Ledge. Man-- Finally, he gets off the ledge. Wow, it was all for nothing. And the ending is cheesy too. What a lame movie. Don't watch this movie, it's really lame and has too many plot holes. Plus, the man-ledge pumping gets boring eventually.

Man on a Ledge wants to be high concept thriller mixing Inside Man with The Negotiator as the events you see are masking other events behind the scenes.Sam Worthington is Nick Cassidy, a former police officer now escaped convict for stealing a high value diamond from a Trump like business mogul(Ed Harris.)After his escape Cassidy checks into a hotel and then walks on to a window ledge, drawing the attention of crowds below who thinks he will jump.Cassidy demands to see disgraced negotiator Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks.) At the same time Cassidy's father and brother are up to schemes of their own and then there is the case of Cassidy's former cop partner put out that he has escaped.The film is a predictable but enjoyable popcorn film with a cast that makes it hard to take things seriously. William Sadler pops up as a room service waiter, surely he is going to be more than that. Anthony Mackie, is the former partner still maintaining Cassidy's innocence but again not seemingly trying too hard to prove it. Harris is just too slimy, what did happen to that diamond?The film is rather derivative of elements from many other films ranging from The Fugitive, Dog Day Afternoon, Mission Impossible, The Italian Job as well as the films I mentioned earlier. It just about holds together.

Maybe this movie would get 7/10 if it were made 20 years ago. I don't know maybe I have seen too many movies, but there was nothing fresh, and it was kinda boring and at times not believable. I'm not talking action scenes not being believable, I am OK with that. The normal drama scenes were the problem. Elisabeth Banks didn't do a very good job in my opinion. She is beautiful though.The ending of the movie is like what??!?It's good, but that was so lucky it's not even funny. I was wondering all along what the plan is, to reveal Ed Harris is a fraud.Their original plan could not work. What would Sam's brother and his girl do if they found the diamond in the place where it was supposed to be? No one would believe them. They could plant it there! Like what was the plan!!??And so, that plan fails , and then another plan fails, and then, plan C that could not be possibly predicted works great, and is probably the only possible way that all this stuff could work.Well in the end at least it worked.The movie actually wasn't that bad. It was just OK. And had some problems. Mainly though, I just wish the actors and casting did a better job. The only great role was Ed Harris.This movie is so so. Has some watchable moments, but it just doesn't click. Maybe I could give it 6/10 , but 5/10 is fair.

I liked this movie and was kinda surprised by all the bad reviews. I think what I liked the most was that this was a different sort of story than I'd seen before, at least in the first 40 minutes.Sam Worthington plays Nick Cassidy a cop turned fugitive threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. As an NYPD psychologist works to talk him down she learns that he may have a hidden motive for taking his own life as the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion and things aren't what they seem.I'm one of those people who enjoys a movie where you have to figure stuff out and initially this is a huge guessing game as you have no clear idea what is going on or why 'Nick' is doing what he's doing. His story is slowly revealed and unfortunately this gets very clichéd the further along we go, including a super happy ending that was a bit much. Jamie Bell plays his brother and (as per) is excellent, getting the N.Y accent perfect which I can"t say for Worthington who struggled with his. A fun original thrill ride with great secondary characters including Ed Harris. 9/15/14