Almost two months ago, we got a first poster and an intense and seemingly spoiler-filled trailer for Asger Leth's Man on a Ledge starring Sam Worthington. I say seemingly because, to me this bears a great deal of resemblance to F. Gary Gray's under-rated, The Negotiator, complete with Elizabeth Banks (in the Kevin Spacey role) being asked to believe in Worthington's innocence. Of course, whatever's going on with Jamie Bell and his crew is the real hook. The UK version is shorter, tighter and without as much plot detail. I like the UK Quad Poster better too. If you've got acrophobia, it'll make you dizzy. 

Synopsis: An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Man on a Ledge is director Leth's feature debut and stars Worthington, Banks and Bell along with Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, William Sadler, Kyra Sedgwick, and Ed Harris​ (looking particularly creepy). It opens in theaters January 13 in the US and 27 January in the UK. While I’ve pointed out that January isn’t the dumping ground it once was, it’s still not prime cinematic real estate. Here’s one clue that this might actually belong in the celluloid wasteland: The trailer very clearly shows the always  reliable Titus Welliver and yet imdb lists him as “uncredited”. What’s that about? Did he make a cameo as a favor to the director or did he want his name taken off of the movie?