Colt Seavers is a stuntman with a thing for Jody Moreno, who’s working as an assistant director. One day, he gets into a bad accident on set and decides to quit both his job and his love life with Jody. Feeling defeated, Colt starts working as a valet, but then gets an unexpected call from producer Gail. She’s got this offer he just can’t turn down: doing stunts for “Metalstorm,” the first film being directed by his ex, Jody. However, there’s a mix-up—Jody didn’t ask for Colt specifically; it was actually Gail who did. She wants him to find the movie’s star who mysteriously disappeared—a guy named Tom Ryder, whom Colt used to be the stunt double for.

The director Leitch delivers some solid action scenes here, much like he did in “John Wick.” It’s kind of refreshing after the chatter-heavy “Bullet Train.” Just like in “Deadpool 2,” he’s at his best when things get totally over-the-top and ridiculous. In “The Fall Guy,” there’s this wild stretch where Colt has trippy visions. Plus, there’s a bar fight scene that’s so loaded with pop effects that it wouldn’t be out of place in something like “Scott Pilgrim vs the World.” A lot of credit goes to Drew Pierce’s energetic script—it keeps things lively with witty lines and memorable side characters.

Winston Duke stands out too—he plays this big-body stunt coordinator on the set of “Metalstorm” and communicates mostly through movie quotes.

In this flick, the main character mixes things up by pulling off moves straight out of famous action movies, like Hawkeye from “The Last of the Mohicans” or Jason Bourne. Hannah Waddingham plays a producer who dreams big but has some wild ideas about what her cheesy films really mean. Ryan Gosling shines in his role, goofing around and not taking himself too seriously. There’s even a funny bit where he’s stuck in traffic poking fun at his own work in “The Gray Man.” Emily Blunt teams up with him, bouncing between being all serious and just having fun like in your classic rom-com.

The movie draws its style from an old 80s TV show called “The Fall Guy.” The title’s got a clever double meaning—it’s both about a stuntman and someone caught up unfairly as a scapegoat.

Our hero finds himself set up in this tricky situation using some brilliant movie-within-a-movie tactics. As he fights to clear his name, there’s also this epic clash between fancy CGI effects and good old-fashioned stunts with real explosions. In a cool twist, the stunt performers band together to take on the producer’s hired guns. Plus, the film snagged a Guinness World Record for pulling off tons of jaw-dropping stunts on screen!
So there’s this part in the movie where a car does like eight and a half spins in the air ’cause of an explosion. Logan Holladay’s the one driving, and he totally nailed it.

The ending’s pretty clever too. It keeps that funny vibe going with three cool surprises: there’s a trailer for this movie within the movie called Metalstorm, featuring a cameo that’s better left as a surprise; then you get to see some behind-the-scenes action during the credits with real stunt performers popping up; and finally, there’s a bonus scene with one last joke and a nod to that old show, **The Fall Guy**.