Man on a Ledge is a thriller that has a nice cast, a nice premise, but lacks execution and thrills. For a thriller to be enthralling it needs to have thrills, and this film lacks that as the tension is relieved fairly early when we know that this man has no intent to jump. It is entertaining in spots and does bring up some points as to how screwed up we all are deep down. We put on these masks as these civilized people and yet we slow down on the highway to see a brutal crash or line up behind yellow tape hoping to see a man plummet to his death from a skyscraper.