Review of Man on a Ledge (2012) by Knicksfan7 — 05 Feb 2012

I was actually surprised by this movie. When I first heard about a movie called "Man on a ledge" I was like, wow really? how did they possibly come up with that name? I thought it would be really dumb, but I work at my local movie theater and the majority of the people who saw this movie said it was pretty good.

So I became intrigued. I finally decided to just go see it. Going into it with low expectations I was a bit surprised. It was good, but obviously not Oscar material or anywheres near that. With a pretty solid cast all around, including Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator Salvation) Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bereau, The Hurt Locker) Ed Harris (Alot of movies) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer).

The cast made the movie look better than it actually was. Although Sam Worthington seems as though he just does any movie he can, hes still a pretty good actor, at least in the 2 movies I listed. The plot obviously is all around weak and very predictable.

Everybody with a brain knows what is going to happen in the end. They were some very unrealistic factors in this film such as Sam Worthingtons character making a 25 story leap of faith jump, and just so happens to hit this 15 foot wide cushion thing right in the center, no whiplash or anything, he hops right back up and chases after Ed Harris.

I mean, we don't always go to the movies expecting 100% realism, but come on, thats just a bit ridiculous. So overall, I enjoyed myself during this movie, but only because I went in with low expectations.

There are very many holes in this movie that just can't be filled, even with a solid cast. If you go in expecting a perfect film you will be very disappointed, so I suggest you go into the theater open minded and you will be entertained.

This movie gets an ok from me. 4.