Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Man on a Ledge
It's "Prison Break" meets "The Hot Rock" meets "Tower Heist" meets "Phone Booth" as a man with a plan masterminds a scheme to prove his innocence from a building's ledge. With a cast of familiar faces playing their stereotypical roles and an amateur mission improbable team, the script is fairly predictable, but mindlessly entertaining. It is the kind of film that finds an excuse to strip the pretty girl down to her underwear when you least expect it. If you have a fear of heights, you may want to avoid this guilty pleasure which amounts to a poor man's "Mission Impossible" (escaping from prison, scaling outside of a tall building, bypassing high security, and the framed proving their innocence).
Alien gives it 2 ½ "Jewel Thief Has City on Edge" stars out of 4.
It's "Prison Break" meets "The Hot Rock" meets "Tower Heist" meets "Phone Booth" as a man with a plan masterminds a scheme to prove his innocence from a building's ledge. With a cast of familiar faces playing their stereotypical roles and an amateur mission improbable team, the script is fairly predictable, but mindlessly entertaining. It is the kind of film that finds an excuse to strip the pretty girl down to her underwear when you least expect it. If you have a fear of heights, you may want to avoid this guilty pleasure which amounts to a poor man's "Mission Impossible" (escaping from prison, scaling outside of a tall building, bypassing high security, and the framed proving their innocence).
Alien gives it 2 ½ "Jewel Thief Has City on Edge" stars out of 4.
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