Edward Burns

REVIEW: 'Man on a Ledge' falls flat

“Man On A Ledge” starts as fresh take on the heist genre with a cast of some very talented actors.

But after an interesting guessing game in the first forty minutes, it slips and falls to a terrible and clichéd death.Sam Worthington plays Nick Cassidy, an ex-NYC cop accused of stealing a diamond the size of a fist from the no-good real-estate titan Ed Harris . To clear his name, Cassidy breaks out of prison, checks into a hotel on Madison Avenue and parks his rear on the building’s ledge, sparking a media and SWAT team frenzy below. If he thinks he will get away without repercussions he obviously hasn’t heard about Balloon Boy.Elizabeth Banks is Mercer, a psychologist with enough baggage to be a jumper herself. She is tasked with bringing Cassidy off the ledge and does a decent job being Cassidy’s only apparent ally. Banks works well off of Worthington, as well as her doubtful partner played by Edward Burns .Overall the film teeters on being ridiculous, no matter how serious it tries t...

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