Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2012

An atheist (Charlie Hunnam) perched on a ledge 20 stories up intends to jump at noon as instructed or, he believes, someone else will die. The devout Catholic police negotiator trying to talk him down (Terrence Howard) has just learned that his children are not his. Patrick Wilson is the psychotic religious fundamentalist who’s the cause of this preposterous predicament, and Liv Tyler is his bullied wife with a heart of gold. Well, hell. Pic poses as a thoughtful debate on faith vs. reason but comes off as little more than a cliché-ridden, implausible polemic and a waste of good actors.