Sunday, July 1, 2012

Man on a Ledge 2012

     Nick Cassidy is in prison and his parole is denied, he is two years into a 25 year sentence.  Nick is allowed to attend his father's funeral with two prison guards.  He gets into a fist fight with his brother and manages to escape in his brother's car.  It looks like the police cars are too close and they will capture him.  He tries to beat a train at a crossing but the car is demolished and thrown by the train.  Wow, he didn't get very far and now he's dead?  He's not, he isn't injured and he goes to a location where he gets a credit card and identification.  His next move is to dress like a businessman and check into a hotel.  He has an expensive breakfast with champagne and then he goes out the window to the top floor ledge.  Now what?
     There is a lot more going on than we know about in the beginning but the story starts to unfold.  Ed Harris is in a different role for him and you really want to push him out onto the hotel ledge!!  4* (I really liked this movie)

102 min, Drama directed by Asger Leth with Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Titus Welliver, Genesis Rodriguez, Bill Sadler, Kyra Sedgwick, Mandy Gonzalez.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 6.5 out of 10, 31% critic 55% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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