Man on a Ledge (2012)

After the "heavy" entry from last time I'm getting back to the "usual light Hollywoodish" movies area with "Man on a Ledge" in a (hopefully) much shorter and concise entry, especially considering that I'm experiencing the usual lack of time for writing.

The movie is somewhere between action and a light thriller. What caught my eye was the context that looks rather original (at least I don't remember seeing anything close). More exactly, a guy, former cop, escapes the prison taking advantage of his fathers funeral, and instead running to Mexico he chooses to get out on a ledge of a hotel, somewhere at the 20+ floor, threatening he's going to jump. Of course, the reason behind the suicidal action is apparently that the guy is innocent. And as it gets obvious a bit further (unfortunately the trailer already gives a lot, so don't blame me for spoilers) his action is not that suicidal. Let's say in brief that the whole movie is a sort of cat and mouse play, with the final purpose ... Well, I think the final purpose is not given 100% clearly by the trailer ( not that you have more than two options :) ) so I'll leave it for the movie ;).

Like I was saying in the beginning the production is a light one, but it doesn't bore and fortunately it succeeds not to get too stupid (although, there are a series of scenes that in my view are less explicable that many of the "Looper" plot holes). The ending seems to break though this fragile balance, closing up in a way that makes you roll your eyes at least a bit = the classic perfectly synchronized action for everything to end well (with a real probability of 0.000...). Overall however was fun to watch, so if you're not in the mood for something very "deep" to give you food for thought after, this one is perfect before going to sleep. Although... I was left with a troubling question :| : what in the world are the old ladies from Manhattan eating that makes them able to instantly spot a guy getting off the window at 70 meters above the ground (who I actually had trouble to spot in a frame taken apparently a bit closer than that) ...

Rating: 3 out of 5