The Fall Guy movie review: A serviceable homage to the stunt community

Film The Fall GuyCast Ryan Gosling Emily Blunt Aaron TaylorJohnson Winston Duke Hannah Waddingham Stephanie Hsu Teresa PalmerDirector David LeitchRating 255Runtime 126 minRyan Gosling steps into Lee Majorrsquos shoes for the movie version of the hit TV series lsquoThe Fall Guyrsquo The film plays out as an action fueled romcom with both lead actors working well within the genrersquos elementary codesMidway through the narrative we find Jody Emily Blunt who is helming her debut film a fullon scfi action love story between a space cowboy and an alien princess disgruntled on seeing her unreliable ex stunt double Colt Seavers Ryan Gosling working on her setAt first Jody wants him off the set but later on relents and gets him to redo a dangerous stunt several times over even when not required and then she promptly recites the plot of her scifi romance in such a way as to make Seavers realise it is their own story Thatrsquos as funny as this movie getsBasically this is thin plotting held together by exemplary stunt work and some solid charisma from its lead stars The plot is nonsensical The infilmrsquos lead action star Tom Ryder Aaron TaylorJohnson goes incommunicado the Director is totally unaware because she is concentrating on shooting the stunt sequences and the stunt man on the job is someone who hasnrsquot trained a day since he broke his back 18 months ago The downandout stuntman Seavers is also tasked with finding the missing starThen a murder takes place Seavers gets framed and therersquos even talk of AI and deep fakes being used for making the charge stick Seavers is also made to go through the works falling through windscreens jumping down from heights racing and outmaneuvering the baddies in fastmoving vehicles and boats all with a patched together back The storyline is pretty lame and quite a challenge it is to suspend your disbelief hereThe action sequences are delivered in entertaining fashion itrsquos not edgy but manages to thrill even soldquoThe Fall Guyrdquo includes some really difficult stunt work a cannon roll stunt a fight in a spinning dumpster and several incredible vehicle jumps The apartmentwrecking fight between Colt and a swordwielding female assailant a nightclub fight with Colt hallucinating sparks and a carandtruck chase get the adrenaline going for a bit But therersquos not much balance here between character comedy and actionAaron TaylorJohnson does well as the toonish action star Gosling is assured in comedy and Blunt is a hoot Gosling and Blunt get some really believable chemistry going accompanied by some tongue in cheek humour Gosling in fact transitions from assured stunt performer to heartbroken lover out for redemption with consummate ease Winston Duke as a stunt coordinator quoting inspiring dialogue from movies and naming action starscharacters while getting into fights adds to the fun element hereThe fly away humor gets embedded with some classic references and musical parlays The lead couple correct each other while referencing lsquoNotting Hillrsquo and in splitscreen like in lsquoPillow Talkrsquo and we even get to see a heartbroken Colt shedding tears while a Taylor Swift song is playing on his car stereo The lsquoDunersquo parody may not work up laughs but itrsquos a sendup that registers lsquoThe Fall Guyrsquo hopes to be an anachronism in todayrsquos CGI heavy cinema Itrsquos practical effects and real world action highlights the highrisk dangerous lives of Stunt people while setting up a fairly enjoyable meter of actioncomedy in its wake

The Fall Guy movie review: A serviceable homage to the stunt community

Film: The Fall Guy
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Palmer
Director: David Leitch
Rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 126 min

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The Fall Guy movie review: A serviceable homage to the stunt community

Film: The Fall GuyCast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa PalmerDirector: David LeitchRating: 2.5/5Runtime: 126 min

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Film: The Fall Guy
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Palmer
Director: David Leitch
Rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 126 min