Man on a Ledge (2012)

  I thought this was going to be awful but it ended up being pretty entertaining.  Don't get me wrong, it wants to be Inside Man so badly that it's a little sad, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) is an ex-cop doing a 25-year sentence for stealing a huge diamond while doing a bodyguard gig for industrialist David Englander (Ed Harris).  Nick maintains his innocence but so does every other inmate.  Out on a day pass for his father's funeral, Nick escapes and climbs out onto the ledge of a high-rise hotel under an assumed name.  Disgraced negotiator Det. Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks) is assigned to try and talk him off the ledge.  Meanwhile, Nick's brother Joey (Jamie Bell) and Joey's girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) try to break in to Englander's vault to prove the diamond was never stolen in the first place.

I've never been a fan of Sam Worthington.  I don't think he can act his way out of a paper sack.  Bell and Rodriguez absolutely make this worth watching.  Anthony Mackie gets billing on top of the poster but he doesn't really have a lot of scenes.  Also, Edward Burns, Kyra Sedgwick and Titus Welliver round out the supporting cast.  I wouldn't put money down to see this, but if it's on cable give it a minute before you change channels.  You might have a good time.