Man on a Ledge
Director: Asger Leth
Year Released: 2012
Rating: 1.0
A disgraced former police officer (Sam Worthington, today's Steve Guttenberg) threatens to jump off a building to prove his innocence - across the way, his two cohorts (Jamie Bell and Genesis Rodriguez) are robbing a corrupt businessman (Ed Harris) of a Big Ass Diamond of Monumental Symbolic Importance. Hokey concept wears out quite quickly before the ludicrous all-too-pat third act comes into play where, at the very least, the Man does, in fact, leap off a Ledge. Worthington's patented bland alpha male aside, the casting is impressive even though they're given a lot of clunkers to deliver; Anthony Mackie's cop does have a nice comment on the sexes, however: "Women jump for love. Men? We jump for money." Bingo.
