Review 718: The Fall Guy

 

“They’re in almost every movie. You just don’t know that they’re there. Cause that’s the job, they’re the unknown stunt performer and they get paid to do the cool stuff.” Ryan Gosling’s stuntman Colt Seavers’ narrates over the opening of The Fall Guy, David Leitch’s rousing adaptation of the 80’s action-adventure series. 

Based on the TV Series The Fall Guy by Glen A. Larson

Given that David Leitch started out as a stunt performer before transitioning into directing action movies like John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, The Fast and the Furious spin off Hobbs & Shaw and Bullet Train 

At its core, The Fall Guy is an unabashed and earnest love letter to stunt performers 

Ryan Gosling and Emily blunt make for a marvellously matched pair of stars. I’m sure that audiences will adore seeing two halves of Barbenheimer in another Blockbuster. 

Aaron Taylor-Johnson  Ryder is such a primadonna

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed The Fall Guy. I liked the action, I liked the absurdity