That's what happened when Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington), an ex-cop, when he was accused of stealing a $40-million diamond from a businessman, David Englander (Ed Harris). He was caught and put in jail because something that he didn't do.
One day, his father died. Nick was allowed to attend the funeral with a supervision. So he want to the funeral and met his brother, Joey Cassidy (Jamie Bell) and his girl friend, Angie (Genesis Rodriguez), but then he ran away.
Not long after that, Nick checked-in in a hotel. After having a meal, he decided to go out through a window and stand on a ledge of the building. So he became the man on a ledge, or the police called it the jumper.
