Okay, so maybe after seeing Tom Cruise scale the tallest building in the world in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, 21 stories doesn't seem that high... but it's still a long way down. And I'd be willing to bet Sam Worthington didn't do all his own stunts in this movie.
Man on a Ledge is a heist film with a great hook, a fast pace, and a major letdown of an ending. For about 80 minutes, it crackles along at a breakneck pace, building suspense and tension, switching back and forth between three destined-to-converge plotlines, and getting viewers ready for... a colossal collapse. The film's sloppy resolution isn't just hard to swallow (that's a given for any movie of this sort and goes with the territory) but is so outrageously stupid that it wastes a lot of its hard-won goodwill. Okay, so on balance, Man on a Ledge is fun, but I left the theater feeling disappointed and cheated, as if the filmmakers set me up for something great they ultimately couldn't deliver.
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