Good morning, people.
On Thursday, May 16, I saw 'The Fall Guy' starring Ryan Gosling (also a producer) and Emily Blunt. Based on a show from the early 1980s starring Lee Majors, Gosling played Colt Seavers, a stuntman. Though he had a tough injury that put his job on hold, he got back, but here's the twist: While covering for an actor played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colt accidentally gets mixed up with some of the actor's enemies and ends up on a 'Central Intelligence' type adventure around Australia. If that's not enough, he's got to patch up some broken romance with Emily Blunt's character, Jody. Jody has more drama than that with a major directorial film debut job and an overbearing producer, played by Hannah Waddingham, pressuring her to make a hit.
The excellent parts came when Gosling's fight scenes reminded me of 'Central Intelligence', 'Scott Pilgrim', and 'Fast and the Furious'. Not only that, I enjoyed how the film directed by Jody gave vibes of 'Guardians of the Galaxy', the hurdles of the romance between Jody and Colt, and how crazy Hollywood is. You'll also relish Jody's occasionally feisty moments trying to prove herself in this profession.
In addition, it shed some light on how stuntman and production work as a whole deserves more credit than the final product itself. And from what I saw of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, given his physique and rude behavior, he looked like he was ready for his role as Kraven the Hunter, but you'll know more when you see the film yourself. Besides the action, acting and humor, you'll be amused when you see music by people such as Kiss or Taylor Swift undercut the tense moments here and there. On another note, Winston Duke, M'Baku from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, can add some more comic relief in the otherwise bizarre action movie world.
As it says in the title, 'The Fall Guy' was a wallop of spicy stuntman excellence. Check it out if you need a good adrenaline comedy mix, with a few twists and turns. And I don't just mean with trying to look cool in an exploding car scene, Thank you to cast, crew, stunt people, and all who made 'The Fall Guy.'
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