The film opens with a man going into a hotel; ordering breakfast and a bottle of champagne before climbing onto the ledge of his room on the twenty first floor. We then see in flashback how he was a prisoner at Sing Sing until he escaped during a leave to attend a funeral. Rather than heading for the border he heads to a hotel belonging to the man he was accused of robbing. When the police come he says he will only talk to Officer Lydia Mercer; an officer who isn't held in high regard by her colleagues as the last person she tried to talk down jumped! At first the police have no idea who he is and just assume he is a desperate man wanting some attention before he kills himself; as time passes it becomes clear that he isn't suicidal; he is putting on a show so everybody watches him while his brother and his girlfriend break into the building opposite to find the evidence that will prove he was set up.
This was a fairly solid thriller with some nice little twists and so good action; not only that but it is also a pretty good heist movie as the break in involves getting past numerous security systems and accessing a vault. The cast do a decent job; most notably Sam Worthington as protagonist Nick Cassidy and Elizabeth Banks as Mercer. Ed Harris also puts in a suitably unpleasant performance as the film's antagonist. If you are looking for a film with a decent amount of action and little to cause offence then you could do a lot worse than this.
This was a fairly solid thriller with some nice little twists and so good action; not only that but it is also a pretty good heist movie as the break in involves getting past numerous security systems and accessing a vault. The cast do a decent job; most notably Sam Worthington as protagonist Nick Cassidy and Elizabeth Banks as Mercer. Ed Harris also puts in a suitably unpleasant performance as the film's antagonist. If you are looking for a film with a decent amount of action and little to cause offence then you could do a lot worse than this.