MAN ON A LEDGE distributed by SUMMIT entertainment (2012). The production budget climbed to $42 million and grossed $47 million at the box office.
The story surrounds a young man who breaks from prison and goes to New York City. He used to be a cop and believes that he was wrongly convicted in stealing an expensive diamond. He decides to climb out on the window ledge of a tall city hotel. It looks like suicide while proclaiming his innocence.
I finally watched this which is streaming on YouTube. I liked it a lot and the last 15 minutes is very exciting. It felt like a Made-For-TV-Movie with an enormous budget. There were flashes of a "social" issue. A man against law enforcement who wants to end it all. Behind that is this same man trying to clear his name too. Maybe it could've been a TV mini-series. Layout the crime and how this young man is set up. Then, how he clears his name meticulously.
Hollywood doesn't make too many "on the edge" films. "Ledge" reminded me of the classic 1951 movie, "Fourteen Hours." It's about a young man who wants to commit suicide. He climbs out on the ledge of a tall hotel in New York City. That movie tackled a lot of social issues and very well too.
Click below on photo for "Man on a Ledge" streaming on YouTube.
"Man on a Ledge" with Sam Worthington & Elizabeth Banks (2012).
Below is the movie trailer of "Man on a Ledge."
Click below on photo for "Fourteen Hours" streaming on YouTube.
Below is the original trailer of "Fourteen Hours" 1951.
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