Director: David Leitch
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Running Time: 126 minutes
Synopsis: In Hollywood, Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) is the stunt double for movie star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). A serious injury knocks his confidence and he leaves the industry, abandoning girlfriend and cinematographer Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt) in the process. 18 months later producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham) convinces Colt to return to stunt duty for Jody's directorial debut Metalstorm, a sci-fi epic starring Tom and filming in Sydney. Colt arrives on set to find Jody in a vindictive mood, then Tom goes missing and Gail pleads with Colt to find her star.
What Works Well: An adaptation of the 1980s television series starring Lee Majors, The Fall Guy is a love letter to stunt performers specifically and big-screen entertainment more broadly. Stocked full of clever references to other films, the Drew Pearce script is also often hilarious (and features excellent use of unicorns), while stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt find perfect tones of self-deprecating dry humour. The action scenes are a throwback to real stuntwork and physical effects, and the search-for-the-missing-star-while-an-epic-is-filming plot allows director David Leitch to include manic chase and fight scenes in both the film and the Dune-like film-within-a-film.
What Does Not Work As Well: All the elements of the absurd plot and buffoonish villains comfortably reside at preposterous levels, resulting in a loony vibe populated by shallow characters.
Key Quote:
Colt: Getting hit by a car hurts. Being thrown out of a window hurts. Getting set on fire really hurts. But, uh... none of it ever hurt as much as not being with you.
Jody: Where are you?
Colt: Is that from a movie, or did I just make that up? It's pretty good. You can use it, if you want.
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