Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers 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.
The Fall Guy is a breezy, self-aware action-comedy that leans hard into its love letter to stunt performers, but the plot is formulaic and predictable — a missing-person conspiracy layered over a rom-com rekindling that hits every expected beat. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have solid chemistry and clearly relish the material, elevating what is otherwise a thin script. The Sydney cinematography is competent and the action sequences are well-executed (befitting a film celebrating stuntwork), but nothing visually distinctive stands out. As an adaptation of an 80s TV series with a well-worn genre blend, novelty is limited — the meta-Hollywood angle provides some charm but not enough to feel truly fresh. The ending resolves everything neatly and safely, lacking any real punch or surprise, wrapping up the romance and conspiracy in paint-by-numbers fashion.