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The Fall Guy Is a Funny, Romantic, Stunt-Filled Delight
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have terrific chemistry in this action-packed movie adaptation of the hit 1980s TV series.
David Leitch’s The Fall Guy, an action-comedy mystery romance set in the world of stunt professionals, is an act of pure movie love, mixing and matching genres while tossing off in-jokes and references to its illustrious (and not-so-illustrious) forebears. Gosling, whose comedic talents were criminally undervalued until last year’s runaway hit Barbie, gets to flex them again here, bringing his deadpan, affably dim charm to the role of Colt Seavers, a hot-shot stunt double for megawatt movie star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). All along, the action scenes reflect his state of mind, never more so than during a bravura set piece that has him fighting for his life inside a dumpster bin being dragged through the streets of Sydney while, elsewhere, Jody belts out a karaoke rendition of Phil Collins’s “Take a Look at Me Now (Against All Odds),” heartbroken over the fact that Colt appears to have bailed on her once again.
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