This thriller’s hold on plausibility is about as firm as Aussie star Sam Worthington’s hold on his American accent.
Worthington plays Nick Cassidy, a disgraced NYPD cop sent to prison for stealing a massive diamond from real-estate tycoon David Englander (Ed Harris). But Nick gets out of prison, and ends up on a 21st-story ledge of one of Englander’s hotels, threatening to jump.
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‘Man on a Ledge’
Opens Friday, Jan. 27, at theaters everywhere; rated PG-13 for violence and brief strong language; 102 minutes.
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While Nick is talked down by a stressed-out police psychologist (Elizabeth Banks), the audience sees that Nick’s suicide attempt is a bluff, a diversion as his brother Joey (Jamie Bell) and Joey’s girlfriend Angie (Genesis Rodriguez) break into Englander’s high-security vault across the street.
Director Asger Leth (son of legendary Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth) keeps the action moving quickly, in a vain attempt to keep us from noticing the chasms of illogic in Pablo F. Fenjves’ screenplay.
The bright spot is Banks, who takes her cliche of a character — the hard-bitten, hungover cop — and injects some intelligence and fire into it.
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