Man on a Ledge 2012

An excop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The nearest New York Police officer immediately responds to a screaming woman and calls dispatch. More Officers arrive with SWAT and tactical command along with firefighters. The police then dispatches a female police psychologist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However things arent as straightforward and clearcut as they appear to be.

Review

Don't be put off by the rather boring title this is a quirky little movie that works quite well and will give acrophobics a dizzying run for their money.

I have to say that I figured a movie in which the plot revolves around some guy on a ledge would be relatively slow paced. However the film is in fact surprisingly fastpaced with the viewer largely unaware of the underlying plot even as our man steps out on to his ledge.

The characters and their parts in the plot are revealed as we go with plenty to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat as our disgraced excop dangles precariously on his ledge.

The revelations come thick and fast and at one point you may well be asking yourself whether there are actually any good cops in this movie (luckily for our "jumper" there are!).

There is one really good action scenestunt in the movie which is difficult to describe without ticking the "spoiler" box so I will leave you to discover what was for me the best jawdropping moment of the film.

And just in case anyone reading this review has already watched the movie and was wondering Genesis Rodriguez stripping down to her underwear was my second best jawdropper scene (sad I know!)

Not an epic but a nevertheless entertaining movie that is well worth watching and there is even a nice little twist towards the end.