As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
A typical heist movie, but heist movies tend to be more interesting than the average action movie, so brownie points for that. Most of the heist activities are deliciously unrealistic and there are several "Oh, he would be dead" moments, but these movies demand the audience suspends their disbelief. The plot unfolds very nicely - if you didn't want the trailer or, like I, kept getting the movie confused with Liv Tyler's "The Ledge", it's all pretty surprising and suspenseful. The casting choices seemed a bit odd at first; I hadn't seen Elizabeth Banks in a lead role in a long time and then mostly it was comedies, but she was pretty good. Sam Worthington was playing himself, he's pretty stoic, but he has an earnest, strong face. You root for him. Jamie Bell and his female co-star were strange. I had trouble believing Bell and the young woman playing his girlfriend was a pretty offensive (or at least ridiculous) stereotype. She was basically there to flash some boob and some butt. I know people who love heist movies. If you're one of them, you'll like this flick.
