The Fall Guy
2024
**
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Lee Majors, Heather Thomas
Eighteen months after a horrible accident, Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers returns to the set of Metalstorm, a sci-fi epic directed by his ex-girlfriend, Jody, and starring Tom Ryder, who has mysteriously vanished. David Leitch's romantic action comedy, loosely based on the 1980s TV series, is an homage to stunt performers and the chaos of moviemaking - so much so that every scene seems built around a potential stunt. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have great chemistry, but I was bored throughout this unfunny and overlong mess that moves incoherently at breakneck speed.
