IMDb plot summary: A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
The Fall Guy stars Ryan Gosling as a former stuntman who is injured badly on the job and quits. When he hears that his former lover, played by Emily Blunt, wants him to work on her new picture despite him ghosting her completely after his accident, he agrees to come back for one last picture. Gosling is of course a phenomenally charismatic actor, gifted at action, comedy, and heart, and all of those work together here, where his persona carries the majority of the picture. There are also, as there should be in a film about stuntmen, some really fun action scenes as Gosling runs around trying to solve the mystery he finds himself in the middle of. It's a big fun popcorn flick that keeps the mystery interesting but not overly complicated, and there are some nice human emotions grounding the whole thing. Am I going to remember it? No. But if somebody else tosses it on, will I occasionally look up at the screen and chuckle? Sure.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Fall Guy > Love Exposure
The Fall Guy < Anna Karenina (2012)
The Fall Guy < Kajaki
The Fall Guy > The Sword in the Stone
The Fall Guy < Ben-Hur (1959)
The Fall Guy > The Speed Cubers
The Fall Guy > Albert Nobbs
The Fall Guy > Mosaic
The Fall Guy < Nothing in Common
The Fall Guy > Mr. Holmes
The Fall Guy > The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Final spot: #1609 out of 3939, or 59%.
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