The Fall Guy

2024   Universal Pictures

Rated:  PG-13

Length:   2 hrs  6min

Action ~ Comedy ~ Drama

Directed By:  David Leitch

Starring:  Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Hannah Waddingham.

“That’s me, Colt Seavers…I’m not the hero of this story, I’m just the stunt guy. Trying to look cool in front of the director of this movie, whom I just happen to have a major crush on…..”

The Fall Guy:

One who is gullible, easily duped and set up to be the scapegoat, take the fall.

An ABC Action-Adventure series starring Lee Majors and Heather Thomas broadcast from 1981 to 1986.

Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a motion picture stuntman and Emily Blunt stars as his girlfriend Jody Moreno, a camera operator who wants to be a Director. They are working together on a film starring Tom Ryder(Aaron Taylor-Johnson) when a fall stunt goes horribly wrong and Colt breaks his back. Colt decides to disappear from everyone and everything as he mends his back and broken spirit.

Fast forward a year and Colt is contacted by Gail Meyer(Hannah Waddingham), the director of the movie he had his fall on, and talked into being the stuntman on a movie being directed by his ex-girlfriend Jody Moreno. The star of the movie Tom Ryder has gone missing and Gail enlists Colt to help her find him. She sees it as a way for him to get back with Jody and restart his stuntman career. And that’s where the real action, drama and adventure begins.

The Fall Guy is based on the 1980 tv series The Fall Guy which starred Lee Majors and Heather Thomas.  Lee Majors and Heather Thomas have a cameo at the end of the movie in the credits. It is one of those movies that doesn’t really end when the credits start rolling, so keep watching or you’ll miss it. The chemistry between Colt and Jody is contagious. I found myself rooting for them to get back together. I was also rooting hard for the underdog Colt as he suddenly finds everything going against him.

It’s full of action and drama, a whodunit of sorts. I loved it and I will definitely watch it again. Highly Recommended!

Two Thumbs up!

Way Up!