Honestly I have no idea where to start with this disaster of a movie. Pedestrian writing and dialogue? Check. Little to no character development? Check. Ridiculous plot? Check. Sam Worthington's accent was atrocious (incidentally his acting was too but I digress...). Elizabeth Banks was given horribly sophomoric, predictable dialogue that even she couldn't make work. And no one else is worth mentioning. Skip this one on Netflix and head straight for the 90's classic "The Negotiator" with Samuel L Jackson and Kevin Spacey (before he was exposed as a total creep).

Man on a Ledge. What a ridiculous name for a movie. And ridiculous is exactly what it is, albeit a story that's as wobbly as Worthington's accent. Nicky Cassidy's (Worthington) an escaped convict whose suicide attempt in front of tens of people on the streets of New York distracts the public from a ludicrous heist that his brother (Jamie Bell) and his brother's girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) are carrying out. They're after a prized diamond, to prove to the world of Nick's innocence. Man on a Ledge is an amusing watch, even if it breaks our suspension of disbelief. The suspense is equaled by stupidity, with the cast, including Elizabeth Bank's negotiator, Ed Burns' detective and Anthony Mackie's lawyer stretched out. Other cast members look as if they're enjoying themselves; Bosch main man Titus Welliver revels in being a jerk, whilst Ed Harris's villain should have more screen time. They make MoaL worth the while.

Yet another chronically bad, loud, unbelievable, would-be action movie from Hollywood. Taking its cue from the "Snakes on a Plane" school of bleedingly obvious film titles, we sure enough get Sam Worthington's ex-con ex-cop atop a downtown New York multi-storey hotel in an elaborate (that's putting it mildly) anti-heist plan involving his couldn't't-look-less-like-his-brother err...brother Jamie Bell and his feisty but of course sexy Latina girlfriend (cue token underwear shot of said señorita) to clear his name for a jewellery robbery committed on big-bad fat-cat Ed Harris a couple of years previously.The detective he calls up to act as his negotiator with the cops? Yes, she's female and attractive too even if she's just come off a suicide negotiation gone wrong. With stunts freely borrowed from any number of like-simple-minded Hollywood action-flicks over the last few years, cliff-hanging moment succeeds cliff-hanging moment, impossible stunt succeeds impossible stunt and obvious twist succeeds obvious twist right the way through. And do you really think old Sam stays on that ledge alone all the way through? Guess again!With a numbingly pounding soundtrack, banal dialogue and employing every thriller-cliché imaginable it also uses around a million jump-cuts to detract from the same shots over and over again of Worthington looking down at his feet to the streets below and his pretty negotiator sticking her head out the window to talk to him, it at least saves the daftest until last when our hero eventually takes the plunge at the movie's climax.Characterisation is non-existent and the acting doesn't get close to saving it either in a movie where Jamie Bell getting to do a little pirouette at one point counts as the closest the film gets to subtlety. I'd much rather watch Harold Lloyd do this kind of gravity-defying thing although there are almost as many laughs in this feature as the great silent comedian managed all those years ago. Only I don't think the comedy here was intentional...

The movie contains some ridiculous scenes.For instance I didn't quite understand the humor going on between Joey and Angie in that serious and dangerous situation they were in!! This itself drew my attention away from the seriousness of the movie and how thrilling the movie should have seemed to viewers!!Expected a better and more professional movie!I found the story similar to "16 Blocks" . Man On A Ledge is not a waste of time. Worth watching at least once! but I liked "16 Blocks" more than this one; The cast and everything.I personally gave 6 stars for this one and 10 stars to for 16 Blocks.