Remember Snakes on a Plane? That film with Samuel L Jackson that had snakes in it. And they were on a plane?

Or how about Hot Tub Time Machine. Where theses guys get thrown back in time after their Hot Tub turns into a time machine.

Well this film’s title, Man on a Ledge, isn’t much better. At least not the whole plot is given away in four words. But most of it is.

Sa m Worthington plays a man... on a ledge. Nick (the man) is an ex-cop who was sent to prison for stealing a

$40 million diamond from millionaire developer David Englander (Ed Harris).

Protesting his innocence, Nick escapes and heads to a hotel, eating his final meal and prepping himself for the end.

Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks) is called into to negotiate Nick off the ledge, but we find out Nick’s brother is conducting a heist to steal the diamond while Nick distracts the rest of New York with his threat to step off the edge.

Throw in an internal investigation about some corrupt cops and it pretty much makes up the film.

Man On A Ledge might have got stuck with this title purely because Bridget Jones had already taken Edge of Reason and Ben Stiller snapped up Tower Heist last year.

There’s not many other places you can go when two decent titles that suit your film are already gone. I get the feeling Man On A Ledge was a working title but no one could be bothered to give it an edgier name when the film was done.

Sam Worthington does fine on the ledge, establishing a good relationship with the ever pure and perky Elizabeth Banks.

Banks is much more well-known (and appreciated) as a comic actor (see her turns in Scrubs, Spiderman and Zack and Miri Make a Porno) but makes a believable enough negotiator.

Ed Harris is also on board looking aged and barely flexing his acting skills as bastard millionaire Englander.