The stuntman’s thumbs up: A review of 'The Fall Guy'

We saw Gosling’s gift for physical comedy in the hilarious The Nice Guys , where he was paired with Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling as Beavis, with SNL regular Mikey Day as Butthead, were viral sensations back then, so it was a typical Hollywood ploy to have Gosling and Day show up a few days ago as B&B when they gatecrashed the interview of Emily Blunt at The Fall Guy premiere - risking in making the premiere go viral as well. Mikey Day isn’t even in the film.

David Leitch directs, and he used to be a stunt performer and stunt coordinator. He worked on John Wick but was uncredited and directed both Bullet Train and Atomic Blonde , two strong action films that gained their own strong following, noted for mixing tongue-in-cheek humor with the impressive action sequences.

Gosling is stuntman Colt Seavers, a double for the egotistical, conceited Tom Ryder . When we first meet Colt, he’s having a passionate affair with camera operator Jody Moreno . A set accident and Colt’s punctured ego put an end to the affair, and it’s years later, on the set of Metalstorm, which Moreno is directing, Seaver resurfaces. That’s about as much plot that we need to know as the movie charms in what follows - a slightly goofy stuntman rom-com.

References to past action films and TV shows and to rom-coms all showcase the love and devotion to the world of movies from the people behind this film. And while Gosling does most of the heavy lifting, there are moments of tenderness and effective chemistry with Blunt. But yes, given that this is a love letter to the stunt industry, it’s full of crashes, fights, spills, fireballs, and explosions.

Inspired by a 1980s TV show that starred Lee Majors and Heather Thomas, this film doesn’t owe much to that show other than the use of the title and cameos from both Majors and Thomas. The bigger cameo, I suspect, would be how they brought Beavis and Butthead to the film premiere. It's funny; this film can stand alone and should be an early summer hit.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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