An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
There's no escaping the sheer terror of a guy standing on a ledge that high up. "Man on a Ledge" delivers the sweats it intends to deliver.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
27 Jan 2012
rotten:
This is one of the few movies that, with its skyscraper action scenes, probably needed to be made in 3-D. As it is, though, it's barely in 2-D - and really, I'm not sure it needed to be made at all.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
27 Jan 2012
rotten:
'Man on a Ledge' is our first legit contender for Best Worst movie of the year.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
27 Jan 2012
rotten:
The solution to "now what do we do for 103 minutes?" is to pile as many silly distractions into the running time as possible.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
31 Jan 2012
fresh:
This embraces its own lunacy readily enough, never aiming for anything more than the disposable thrills it delivers thick and fast.