Man On A Ledge U/A; Drama Dir: Asger Leth CAST: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris Star: * 1/2 Five minutes in, Man on a Ledge loses believability and devolves into near-farcical amusingly ludicrous improbability. If that's the sort of brain-dead farce you're likely to enjoy, watch the movie. For the rest, it would be a shame to see rising star Sam Worthington reduced to taking part in such grotesquely formulaic drivel. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/feb/The-Man-on-a-Ledge.jpg" border="5" /> Man on a Ledge is just heavy handed schlock that balances unrealistic action movie howlers with painfully contrived dialogue, its only redeeming factor being the relatively short running time of 100 minutes. The film fails to generate any real excitement, though loads of 'faux thrilling' music is provided by Henry Jackman. All the characters here are numbingly unbelievable throughout the hackneyed script, even the scantily clad Genesis Rodriguez fails to distract from the predictable story. Sam Worthington plays Nick Cassidy, an honest NYC cop who is wrongly accused of stealing real estate tycoon David Englander's (Ed Harris) diamond and is sent to jail. Angered, Nick stages a prison break, makes his way to the ledge of a hotel's high rise and threatens to jump to his death unless the cops produce Detective Mercer (Elizabeth Banks). Simultaneously, a few blocks away Nick's brother Joey (Jamie Bell) and his girlfriend Angie (Rodriguez) attempt a reverse-heist to break into Englander's vault to prove the diamond wasn't stolen. Will Nick jump? Is there another twist? It's all neither fun enough nor intelligent; instead it just slogs on without offering any real thrill. The film is written by Pablo F Fenjves, who won director of the year from the Directors Guild in 2008 for his documentary Ghosts of Cite Soleil, but Man on a Ledge seems like it was written by school kids. The characters and the Mission Impossible-esque heist action are so flat that you can almost feel an invisible barrier that keeps you from any emotional involvement in them. But the most shocking thing to come from this film is the fact that Sam Worthington is a stunningly flavourless leading man. Worthington has done half a dozen films since his breakout role in Avatar, none of which showcased his dramatic skills. Complimenting Worthington's bland role are the unintentionally comedic offerings by Edward Burns and Elizabeth Banks as the police negotiators. The talented Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie (who plays Nick's former partner) and Kyra Sedgwick (who plays a reporter) behave as if this movie was just another paycheck. Man on a Ledge is a snoozy film -- it has no great stars to show off, yet has the nerve to not even offer us any decent thrills.

Five minutes in, Man on a Ledge loses believability and devolves into near-farcical amusingly ludicrous improbability.

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