True to its title, Man on a Ledge follows Sam Worthington's Nick Cassidy as he steps onto the ledge of a New York hotel and threatens to jump unless he receives assistance from
a grizzled police psychologist (Elizabeth Banks» Lydia Mercer)- with the media circus that inevitably ensues acting as a cover for a heist being executed by two of Nick's cohorts (Jamie Bell's Joey and Genesis Rodriguez's Angie).