The blockbuster year 2024 has so far been dominated by epics about death and destruction. The hotly anticipated sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two revolves around domination of an entire planet. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire takes you deeper and deeper into our earth and unleashes a monster brawl with huge creatures. Powerful. Maybe even too powerful. Oppressive, so to speak.
If you’re looking for no-strings-attached popcorn fun that has all the ingredients of a perfect summer blockbuster, the right film for you is in the cinema today. The Fall Guy is one extremely entertaining rollercoaster ridewhich bows to Hollywood’s stunt people and celebrates one of the best genres ever with two incredibly good-humoured stars: the romantic action comedy.
Ryan Gosling stumbles through The Fall Guy as a washed-up stuntman trying to impress Emily Blunt
The story of The Fall Guy revolves around stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), who, after a serious injury, not only ends his career, but also the… Loses the love of his life: Camera operator Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). It wasn’t until years later that the two ran into each other again when Jody made her first film of her own. However, there can be no question of a happy reunion.
You can watch the trailer for The Fall Guy here:
The Fall Guy – Trailer (German) HD
Jody’s film, a multi-million dollar sci-fi blockbuster, went over budget and even lost its main actor. However, the arrogant Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) didn’t drop out, but simply disappeared. Colt is supposed to find him again on behalf of the ambitious producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham). But there is actually only one thing that concerns him. Jody.
Chaos is inevitable: Colt stumbles from one film set to the next and soon the boundaries between his work as a stuntman and the real dangers of life become blurred. Here one eight and a half times rollover in front of the camera that rivals even the most legendary Casino Royale stunt. There a restless dash through the storm of bullets in stylish neon colors.
With The Fall Guy, Hollywood action expert David Leitch delivers his best film since John Wick
The Fall Guy was directed by David Leitch, who himself has a background in stunts and was involved in the creation of one of the defining action series of the past decade. He directed the first John Wick film with Chad Stahelski. This was followed by big blockbusters like Deadpool 2 and Hobbs & Shaw, not to mention action hits like Atomic Blonde and Bullet Train.
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The Fall Guy
With The Fall Guy, Leitch sets a gripping, touching, if overly long, monument to the stunt world. His film pays tribute to the people, who risk their lives on set. For most people watching in the cinema, their work is invisible. In The Fall Guy, however, she acts as the driving force of the story. And so we move through numerous elaborate and detailed set pieces.
From wild color fireworks to brutal fistfights: Leitch wants to showcase every discipline of the craft and often goes to the meta level with humor, so that The Fall Guy is not only a highly entertaining action thriller, but also as Film about filmmaking functions. The core of the spectacle is different, namely the chaotic love story between Colt and Jody.
The heart of The Fall Guy isn’t the action, but the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have incredible chemistry and give the film a lot of charm and heart. At the latest, when their characters argue on the film set about the execution of an action scene, but the conversation is actually analyzing the fragments of their relationship, The Fall Guy proves itself to be great Hollywood rom-com with nasty dialogue tips and fragile nuances.
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The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy was just rushing through the world of filmmaking with enthusiasm and leaving his characters behind collide in verbal battles, the next moment Ryan Gosling is sitting alone in the car and bursts into tears listening to Taylor Swift’s All Too Well – in the 10-minute version, of course. Only later does the song slowly settle like a plaster over torn wounds. Wounds from the stunts. Wounds from love.
Steven Spielberg has already shared his enthusiasm for The Fall Guy – and it’s completely understandable. Leitch and his stars present the first summer blockbuster of the year, which first grabs you, hugs you and then catapults you through the air in a high arc before you fall onto a gigantic air cushion and sink into the depths. As exciting as it is relaxed: The Fall Guy is an absolutely irresistible film.
Last but not least, Ryan Gosling brings the same energy he channeled as Ken in Barbie last year. This good-humoured Gosling has been lurking in the cinema for a long time, for example in The Nice Guys, which is tonally not that far away from The Fall Guy. And Emily Blunt is anyway beyond all doubtwhether she’s in front of the camera as an action heroine in Edge of Tomorrow or directing her own action blockbuster as Jodi.
The Fall Guy opens today, on April 30, 2024in German cinemas.