FILM REVIEW: Man on a Ledge (12A)

With the millions of dollars lavished on high-octane Hollywood thrillers and the dozens of people toiling behind the scenes, surely someone should spot glaring continuity errors.

Alas, Asger Leth’s vertiginous game of cat and mouse is riddled with discrepancies.

The hero checks into hotel room 2505 yet when he eventually steps out on to the window ledge, seemingly ready to throw himself off, a passing cop looks up and bellows, “We got a jumper on the 21st floor!”

Elsewhere, a jewel thief’s hulking bag of hi-tech tools is conveniently forgotten for great swathes of the film then magically reappears slung over his shoulder at the critical moment.

Even more noticeable, the same robber hangs from ceiling ducts to avoid motion sensors and exposes the top of his underwear, which rapidly changes colour with each quick-fire edit of the scene.

Perhaps he got overly excited about the prospect of pilfering the priceless gem and felt the urge to refresh his boxers in mid-air?

These blunders distract from an otherwise enjoyably ridiculous caper that ventures high above the streets of New York City where an escaped criminal engineers some sleight of hand from his vantage point on a narrow window ledge.