The "scathing" reviews of this movie are amusing. I don't know what they were expecting but I think this movie does what it says on the package. While it's no great Academy Award winning effort, it most certainly isn't "awful" or "garbage".
Ledge is a nice, interesting thriller with a good plot and some great action sequences (and a silly name). The acting is fine. I always enjoy Sam Worthington's under-stated acting and his co-stars were okay, apart from Ed Harris who (as he often does) hammed it up too much and under- mined the suspense a little when he was on screen. The direction is OK but I can't help thinking that in a more experienced director's hands this would have been a lot more suspenseful & thrilling. Nevertheless it's still got enough suspense, interesting characters, thrills, occasional giggles etc to make it a worthwhile watch and an entertaining evening's viewing.
Ledge doesn't pretend to be the next best Oscar-winning, deep & meaningful blockbuster. It's a solid basic suspense story with a few twists, lots of clichés (but they work in movies like this!), the inevitable forgivable plot-holes and a happy ending for most of the characters. (NB Incidentally, some of the "plot holes" I've seen people complaining about are not actually "plot holes" at all. They're just bits that are not explained or shown in the movie. For example, there may well have been an internal investigation into the events of the day. But that's not relevant to this story so of course they didn't go into it. No-one cares :))
Ledge is not a movie to "make you think" or an exploration of any serious, burning issue in life. It's quite simply a fun flick with lots of pretty to look at, twists to intrigue you and action to entertain. If you watch movies to be entertained rather than to pick them apart then you'll have a great time with this one! :)
Ledge is a nice, interesting thriller with a good plot and some great action sequences (and a silly name). The acting is fine. I always enjoy Sam Worthington's under-stated acting and his co-stars were okay, apart from Ed Harris who (as he often does) hammed it up too much and under- mined the suspense a little when he was on screen. The direction is OK but I can't help thinking that in a more experienced director's hands this would have been a lot more suspenseful & thrilling. Nevertheless it's still got enough suspense, interesting characters, thrills, occasional giggles etc to make it a worthwhile watch and an entertaining evening's viewing.
Ledge doesn't pretend to be the next best Oscar-winning, deep & meaningful blockbuster. It's a solid basic suspense story with a few twists, lots of clichés (but they work in movies like this!), the inevitable forgivable plot-holes and a happy ending for most of the characters. (NB Incidentally, some of the "plot holes" I've seen people complaining about are not actually "plot holes" at all. They're just bits that are not explained or shown in the movie. For example, there may well have been an internal investigation into the events of the day. But that's not relevant to this story so of course they didn't go into it. No-one cares :))
Ledge is not a movie to "make you think" or an exploration of any serious, burning issue in life. It's quite simply a fun flick with lots of pretty to look at, twists to intrigue you and action to entertain. If you watch movies to be entertained rather than to pick them apart then you'll have a great time with this one! :)