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I need the Fall Guy fandom to know about the movie Hotel Artemis which is written and directed by Drew Pearce who also wrote Fall Guy. I need you all to watch it!!

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Movie #22 of 2024: The Fall Guy

Colt Seavers: “You need carbs! You need to metabolize glucose. Your brain needs it for cognitive function.”

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The Fall Guy (2024) Review

Colt Seavers is a down and out stuntman who after suffering a life changing injury shutdown from the film world, but when being told his ex-girlfriend Jody Moreno requested him for her first director role of a film he makes a comeback. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading The Fall Guy (2024) Review

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Universal's THE FALL GUY has premiered to middling box office. Which is unfortunate. It's a fun and funny film.

In the past few months, I have seen an interesting mix of action films. MONKEY MAN Is superior. It's incredible. THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is great fun - one of the best Guy Ritchie films in a while. ARGYLLE was awful. I hate the use of sped up action and Matthew Vaughn needs to be brought before The Hauge for his overuse of it. BOY KILLS WORLD uses it, too, which is unfortunate, but at least everything else works (to a degree). It certainly has the feel of a cult film. The entire time I was watching I thought, "This would kill at Beyond Fest or Fantastic Fest". It's a bit too off-kilter so you really had to adjust my thinking of it.

But THE FALL GUY is not really like those films. Action-packed to be sure, but in the vein of the JOHN WICK films, they are more about stunts, falls, punches etc; than gun violence and bloodshed. Which makes sense as director/producer David Leitch (ATOMIC BLONDE, DEADPOOL 2, BULLET TRAIN, JOHN WICK franchise ) is a former stuntman. This film - aside from being a reboot of the 80's television series starring Lee Majors - is a love letter to the stunt community and a not so silent campaign for the stunt community to be recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Leitch & Co. have made sure that this roll-out to this film has centered Stunts.

Compilation of their promotion of stunt people: Ryan Gosling on Jimmy Kimmel, stunts on the red carpet at the L.A. premiere and a demo of stunts at the L.A premiere.

SPOILERS FOR THE FALL GUY. MORE SPOILERS THAN THE (ALLEGED) FILLERS IN RYAN GOSLING'S FACE.

What is it about: The film is about stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), who suffers an on-set accident, which ends his career as the #1 stuntman for actor Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).

With Colt's career goes his relationship with Jody (Emily Blunt), a camerawoman.

Eighteen months later, Colt is beckoned by Ryder's producing partner Gail Meyers (Hannah Waddingham)

to work stunts on Tom's new film with first-time director Jody at the helm.

When Tom goes missing, Gail implores Colt to locate him before the studio shuts down production, which will destroy Jody's career. With Jody's career at stake Colt begrudgingly throws himself into locating Tom, which drags him into the dodgy lifestyle the actor he's been doubling has been into.

WHAT I LOVED

-Ryan Gosling is incredible at comedy. Most people discovered that with BARBIE, but those who loved THE NICE GUYS knew that. Or maybe even saw his promise in THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB and YOUNG HERCULES.

The humour doen't stick the way THE NICE GUY does, but it is still an extremely funny film. The film is very self-referential and meta, so the comedy works more if you know about the issues surrounding the entertainment industry and the stunt community. If you don't, the jokes are still there, but may not land as well as it would if you understood the reference.

-Emily Blunt can have chemistry with a sponge, so it makes it very easy to care about Jody and Colt's relationship, despite we get very little time with them as a couple. Because of how great they are individually as portraying lost love, you really do root for these crazy kids to reconcile.

-Something that may very seem like a point against it, is something I count as an asset - it is extremely meta. People may find that anvilicious, but as a film that throws restraint out the window - doesn't even bother acting as if it has restraint - it's easy to lean into it. You have a script supervisor advising Jody to make the in-film character do a wall of exposition about how there is no third act, while in the film Jody is really dealing with the fact that her film has no third act; which is a reference to big blockbusters being filmed without a finished script.

Or Jody talking with Colt about if she should do a split-screen effect, while Jody and Colt are in the split-screen . You just have to embrace it.

And as much as it is a full-throated love letter to stunt and a cry to have them recognized by the Academy (there is even an end-credit song that is all about how stunts is deserving of gold), the film is a love letter to movies with Colt and his stunt coordinator Dan (Winston Duke) reciting movie quotes to each other. There is even a point in the film where Colt says something profound to Jodie and he's trying to figure out if he made it up or if it was a quote. It's a gorgeous film for people who love movies.

They even call out stunts by other films and seemingly recreate them. It's great.

Gael Garcia Bernal did a Criterion Closet pull and he lamented on how there are no longer movies like Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN that make you come out of the cinema that makes you want to live and have sex and love and enjoy people. While THE FALL GUY may not make you want to have sex, it is a big, bold, film that makes you think back at classics that were all about the indomitable spirit of the reluctant hero and of the hero trying to get their love. It really does feel a Valentine to cinema as a whole.

-Colt literally being made into a fall guy by Gail. Genius!

-The fact that the "Miami Vice" reference had a pay off and ties into Universal Studios' long running stunt shows.

Gosling popping up at Universal's stunt show.

WHAT I DIDN'T LOVE

-They had Blake Shelton remake the series theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman" which was performed by the 80s series lead Lee Majors (who cameos in the film, along with his costar Heather Thomas), but they took out all the references to celebrities. And since this film is all about Colt's love for Jodie, the song has been retooled to make it more a dedication to their love, then the love of stunts and leading ladies.

Thankfully, there are great songs in the tracks, especially Yungblood's cover of Kiss's "I Was Made for Loving You".

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The Fall Guy Trailer

After taking a year off working to focus on his physical and mental health, Colt is pulled back into working as a stuntman on his ex's film. The star of the movie goes missing and Colt is tasked by the producer to find him. Meanwhile, Colt is also trying to get back into his ex's good graces. As the mystery of the star's disappearance deepens, Colt finds himself trapped in a criminal plot.

The Fall Guy stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, and Stephanie Hsu. David Leitch directs from a screenplay by Drew Pearce. The film is inspired by the 1980s TV series of the same name.

The Fall Guy hits theaters on March 1, 2024.

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THE FALL GUY:

Stuntman back in game

Stumbles on conspiracy

Tries to win back love

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STUNTED DEVELOPEMENT

Now in theaters:

The Fall Guy--Beyond the title, this action comedy only borrows a little from Glen Larson's TV series, which ran on ABC from 1981 to 1986: the basic premise, the names of the main characters and the cornpone theme song over the closing credits. But it seems intended as a semi-throwback, a modern take on the easygoing car stunt movies and TV shows popular from the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s, not only The Fall Guy but Hooper and the Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run flicks.

Directed by stunt veteran David Leitch from a script by Drew Pearce, The Fall Guy concerns a Hollywood stuntman with the perfect '80s TV name of Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) who drops out of the industry after an on-set accident. A noxious producer (Hannah Waddingham) persuades him to get back in the saddle, doubling for a putridly narcissistic star (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) on a sci-fi actioner being shot in Sydney. Mostly Colt goes because he's in love with the director, Jody (Emily Blunt). Before long, however, he realizes that he's been pulled into the project for more sinister reasons.

None of this is meant to be taken very seriously; the tone is near-farcical, though sometimes with a macabre edge. The plot is just an excuse for a string of spectacular car, boat, aerial and combat stunts, both in the movie-within-the-movie and in the external story.

The stars are strong. Gosling gets across some of the same addled, highly sympathetic goofiness that he showed as Ken in Barbie, and he seems to bring out the best in Blunt. Always capable, she has a delightful openhearted sweetness here. The villains--Taylor-Johnson, Waddingham and their brutish henchmen--are also on point, and overall, the movie goes down easy; it's not bad. It's a lot of movie to just be not bad, I suppose, but I certainly found it preferable to the modern iteration of the stunt movie, the humorless and possibly pernicious Fast and the Furious flicks.

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The Fall Guy, David Leitch (2024)

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The Fall Guy: Review

She was everything. He’s just Colt.

Spare a thought for stuntmen. Despite their spectacular, death-defying falls, crashes and punches to the keister, they rarely get the props that their work deserves. Directed by former stuntman David Leitch, The Fall Guy is here to set the record straight. Mixing things up by thrusting an unlucky stuntman into the limelight, it’s the kind of fun film that probably won’t linger long in the memory.

Our unlikely hero is Colt (Ryan Gosling), a past-it Hollywood stuntman who gets badly injured after a stunt on a huge movie goes haywire (literally). Disappearing for a year, Colt leaves behind his career, but also the potential love of his life in Jody (Emily Blunt), an up-and-coming director who is not too happy about the sudden ghosting. But when the disappearance of an arrogant film star (a hilariously insecure Aaron Taylor-Johnson) threatens to derail Jody’s first film (think Dune meets Flash Gordon), Colt jumps at the chance to help her out, and maybe redeem himself in the process. What he finds on set is far more than he bargained for..

After a meandering start where the film isn’t really sure what it wants to be, it finally kicks into gear when Colt is embroiled in a shady conspiracy. Similar to The Nice Guys, it’s a joy to watch Gosling playing a hapless character in way over his head, and he’s a natural at throwing himself into the physical comedy (this film is called The Fall Guy for multiple reasons). He’s well matched by Blunt as his rightfully furious ex-lover, who takes out her revenge by putting Colt through punishing stunt takes. While the romance relies a lot on montages to do the heavy-lifting, these charming leads are more than capable of lifting the weaker material. 

Like Leith’s Bullet Train, this is an energetic film full of colourful characters, inventive action sequences, and a few funny moments. But also like that film, it lacks the spark and charm to set it apart from its peers, and generally isn’t as clever as it thinks it is. Written by Drew Pearce and Glen A.Larson, the film frequently parodies action movie tropes in a way that feels glib rather than funny, and also uses a voiceover for no reason whatsoever. 

But what the film lacks in brains, it more than makes up for in entertainment and style. There’s no shortage of stylistic flourishes, from a split screen sequence that knowingly winks to the camera, to a thrilling drug-infused brawl in a neon glowed nightclub. There’s also memorable performances from Hannah Waddingham’s pushy film producer, Winston Duke’s film-quoting stunt coordinator, and Taylor-Johnson as a film star who insists he does his own stunts (he doesn’t). It’s hard not to imagine how much better the film would be with a sharper script to go along with the great cast and action sequences. Instead, a good film just falls short of being a great one.

While the writing isn’t as sharp or funny as it could be, a charming cast and stylish action sequences mean that The Fall Guy just about sticks the landing.

★★★

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Tony Stark first meets future adversary Aldrich Killian at a New Years Eve Party, 1999. ("Iron Man III", Flm)

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Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

Slowly but surely, the Fast and Furious franchise is raising the water temperature. Before you know it, they’ll be crossing over with the Jurassic Park series and we won’t even blink an eye. Hobbs & Shaw takes us even further from the days of simple car chases and believable heists. This is a full-blown, special-effects heavy sci-fi action movie. Intelligence is not its strong suit but the film regains some points thanks to its two charismatic leads and their chemistry.

MI6 agent Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) injects herself with "Snowflake", a deadly programmable virus, to keep it away from Eteon, a secret group who believes mankind can only evolve once the weak have been culled. To retrieve Hattie, her brother Deckard (Jason Statham) and his former comrade/adversary Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) must team up. In their way stands Eteon's cyborg operative, Brixton Lore (Idris Elba).

You read that right. In this film, two former F&F villains team up to fight an international terrorist group whose resources are vast enough to bring a man back from the “dead” as a half-man, half-machine operative. Said cyborg  drives a motorcycle that can transform (not into a robot) depending on the rider’s needs. By comparison, Dom Toretto stomping his foot to make a crumbling parkade collapse looks like a documentary. To this picture’s credit, it starts off as a science-fiction film so if you don’t buy Brixton and Eteon, Hobbs & Shaw isn't the dumb one in the room, you are.

Well, yes and no. This film’s chief concern is to entertain and this, it does well. Would it have been too much to ask for Hobbs & Shaw to also have some neurons firing in its big testosterone-fuelled head? I don't think so. This movie just doesn’t care about time. We’re told - while the characters are in Russia - that they only have a day to extract the Snowflake virus from Hattie. The plan? Fly halfway across the world to Samoa. There, they get someone to fix the extraction machine (someone who's never seen this device before) and hack into Eteon’s system to put the heroes and villains on an even playing field. To ensure their victory, our heroes set up a bunch of guerrilla-style traps too. Presumably they also had time to rehearse a bunch of vehicle-oriented battle tactics because there’s no way the moves they pull during the climax could’ve been done on-the-fly. Even if they did plan it ahead, it still stretches plausibility to its breaking point and then keeps going for another twenty minutes.

Science fiction or not, believable or not, entertaining or not, this movie is too long. It’s got two big climaxes and you could’ve easily saved the other for a sequel or another spinoff in the franchise.

All these criticisms are well-deserved but you must also admit that in terms of entertainment value, Hobbs & Shaw score high. Statham and Johnson are clearly having a great time tearing into each other. They're continuously coming up with crazier insults and finding new ways to try and split up the pair we’ve come to see. Their efforts lead to some solid and memorable lines. Right behind them is Vanessa Kirby. When it comes to the action scenes, she keeps up with them while providing the film with some nice variety. There’s no way you’d ever see Statham or Johnson doing the kind of flips and twists she pulls off. As for Elba, he makes for a good baddie. He revels in his villainy - even though his character sometimes believes he’s good and sometimes doesn’t.

If you do the math, Hobbs & Shaw is probably what you’d call a bad movie. When you factor in the entertainment value, this big, dumb, loud buffet of chases, fights and peril squeaks by and gets a passing grade. It gets a little worse every time I see it but I’ve had fun with the film three times so far and probably will again. (February 29, 2020)

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The Fall Guy (12): Fatuous Popcorn Nonsense... That is Simply Brilliant Entertainment!

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Fall Guy". #TheFallGuy. A blast of popcorn fun and spectacular stunts that had me smiling from ear to ear. 5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Fall Guy” (2024). The casting dream of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in a stunt-filled action/comedy based on the 80’s TV series “The Fall Guy”? I was “in” from the get-go. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) is stunt double to the mega star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and boyfriend to cinematographer Jody Moreno (Emily…