Cast: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie
Direction: Asger Leth
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
Avg Readers Rating: 4/5
Story: Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) has been there (a super cop then) and done that (a super con man now). This time however, he threatens to jump off a high-rise building. Is that the end of the cop-turned-con man? Or does he have something else up his sleeve?
Movie Review: Women, says this movie, jump for love. And men? For money! That's exactly what Nick Cassidy is seen doing. Of course, the way he does it is what makes Man on a Ledge (and the view from the ledge) convincing and gripping. But before that you want to know why exactly Sam Worthington is on the ledge all through the movie.
Nick Cassidy is a convict sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment for an alleged crime -- He stole Dave Englander's (Harris) prized diamond possession. But then is anyone out there ready to listen to an innocent ex super cop who otherwise pleads innocent? Not really. Next we see him stepping out onto the ledge of his hotel to get representatives of the law and the entire city to hear him out. Ironically, now that he has been labeled a con man, he does not mind doing the job for real: while he's at it on the ledge, there's a simultaneous heist for real happening alongside under his supervision. Exactly the moment that leaves you wondering what's up next.
As for the thrill, most of it comes from the jumper himself. First he brings the busy street with its even busier traffic to a standstill. Next, it's people who do not mind capturing the moment on their iPhones to be the first ones to upload it on YouTube. Not to miss out is the perfect timing: each time the simultaneous heist is likely to make an explosive sound, Sam makes sure to take one step forward to make the crowd go into a frenzy. The outcome: a bigger noise. Lastly, it's NYPD psychologist Lydia Mercer's ( Elizabeth Banks) tete-a-tete with the man in question that keeps you hooked on just when you're on the lookout from some relief from the ledge - the conversation is cool, calm, smart, and of course, flirtatious.
A special mention: Each time you realise how high up Sam is from the rest of the crowd -- and could possibly slip any moment (watch out the helicopter scene), you're in for some edge-of-the-seat moments. Yes, there's no escaping the fear of a man standing on a ledge twenty-one floors above ground level.
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