Thursday, June 14, 2012

Man on a Ledge

Don’t do any research before see Man on a Ledge. Don’t watch any trailers and don’t talk to anyone who’s already seen it. Don’t try to figure out who the man is, or why he’s on the ledge. Don’t think about how he got up there in the first place or how the heck he’s ever going to get down. Don’t do anything else … just watch it. What you will end up seeing is a top-notch action/caper movie featuring some fantastic stunts, plenty of plot twists and just the right level of comedy to keep you happy during those few minutes when the tension isn’t cranked up to 11. Man on a Ledge wasn’t filmed in front of a green screen in some safe and secure studio. The dizzying heights weren’t digitally added later. Those guys were up there on a ledge, 220-feet in the air carrying a 40-pound camera on their shoulder with virtually no peripheral vision. Safety harness or not, they risked their lives to shoot this movie … and it is so worth it.

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