 "The Fall Guy movie review: Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt starrer is an ode to 90s massy action-comedies")
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke
Director: David Leitch
Since the inception of movies (especially of the action genre), audiences have showered praises on hardcore action films, which have given them an adrenaline rush with mind-boggling action stunts and breathtaking sequences. And the reason behind that are the unsung heroes - the stunt doubles, who take risks of their lives to give us that experience. Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt starrer The Fall Guy is a tribute to all those stuntmen.
The movie starts with Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) stunt double of action star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) talking about the greatness of stuntmen while walking on the set after a stunt. While the stunt seems perfect, Tom tells Colt to go for another take as he feels in the given shot, the audience will identify that the person, who has performed the stunt is Colt because of his jawline.
While Colt gets ready for another take, he faces an accident while performing it and gets off the radar from the entertainment industry and works as a valet at a family place. 18 months later, he gets a call from Tom’s producer Gail (Hannah Waddingham), who tells him to come back to the place and do what he loves. While his response is always negative, she reveals that Jody (Emily Blunt) once a steady cam operator, who had an affair with Colt, is making her directorial debut with a biggie titled Metalstorm featuring Tom and wants him for doing stunts.
Colt agrees to come on the set and while we see his rekindling of love with Jody with cute and funny banters, the reason to call him is tricky and vicious. Gail tells Colt that Tom has been missing for quite a few days and he needs to find him out. When he enters the actor’s room, he finds another stunt double of Tom dead in the bathtub.
He panics and while trying to inform everything about the incident to Gail, we see some goons attacking him and later becoming one of the prime suspects of the murder. Well, so many questions in your mind, right? And the answer to all these you will find on the big screen while watching _The Fall Guy_ , which is a fun roller-coaster with delightful action sequences.
Director David Leitch has made a film, which has its heart at the right place and makes sure to give us ample whistle-worthy moments through its entertaining screenplay, which has filmy references, AI as well as Deepfake technology.
Talking about the performances, Ryan Gosling is a one-man show and rules the screen with his enigmatic charisma. Emily is amazing as Jodi and her chemistry with Ryan is superb. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Hannah Waddingham as Tom and Gail are simply perfect. Winston Duke steals the show with his bang-on comic timing.
On the whole, The Fall Guy is a delightful action comedy, which reminds you of massy Bollywood films from the 90s minus the technology.
Rating: 3 (out of 5 stars)
The Fall Guy will release on 3rd May
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