The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy is an American action comedy film from 2024 that was written and directed by David Leitch. It is partially based on the stunt performer TV series from the 1980s. It centers on a stuntman who gets entangled in a plot involving the movie’s main actor while working on his ex-girlfriend’s directorial debut action picture. Starring in the movie with Ryan Gosling are Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Hannah Waddingham, and Winston Duke.
The Fall Guy made his debut on March 12, 2024, at SXSW. It was then published globally on April 24, and in the US on May 3. Reviews were largely favorable.
Plot of the Movie
Hollywood stunt performer Colt Seavers serves as Tom Ryder, a well-known action star, stunt double. But after a poorly executed stunt leaves him with serious injuries, he gives up on his work and his relationship with camerawoman Jody Moreno.
Tom’s film producer Gail Meyer gets in touch with Colt, who is now a valet at a small Mexican restaurant, eighteen months later. Colt is asked to participate in the creation of Metalstorm, an epic science fiction movie that Moreno is directing for the first time, which is being produced in Sydney, Australia.
Colt finds out upon arriving on set that Jody never requested him and is still upset about their separation. Gail discloses that Tom vanished following his drug-related involvement, and she urges Colt to locate him before his disappearance results in the movie’s cancellation.
Colt goes to Tom’s hotel room and a nightclub where he gets into fights because he doesn’t want Jody’s directorial debut to be marred. He discovers a lifeless person in an ice-filled bathtub in the hotel room. Colt discovers the body is gone when he and the police return.
Colt and Jody start dating again while Metalstorm is still being produced, but Gail abruptly tells Colt that he has to go back to the States. Rather, he tracks down his PA Alma Milan in an attempt to find Tom. People searching for a phone that belongs to Tom and is in Alma’s possession attack both of them.
After a protracted chase through Sydney that involves a garbage truck, Colt overcomes them. He opens Tom’s apartment phone with his friend Dan Tucker, who is Metalstorm’s stunt coordinator. They come across a video showing an inebriated Tom unintentionally killing his former stuntman Henry. Colt and Dan are attacked by the henchman, who use shotgun pellets to destroy the phone.
Dan manages to get away, but Colt gets caught and confronted by Tom, who has been hiding out on a yacht per Gail’s orders. He discloses that Gail is utilizing deepfake technology to replace Tom’s face on the incriminating video with Colt’s in order to frame Colt for the crime.
Tom also says that he planned the “accidents” that happened to Henry and Colt. While the manipulated video is made public and Henry’s death is found, Gail is trying to persuade Jody that Henry is guilty. After a boat chase, Colt manages to get away and is thought to be dead, but he swims to safety.
The production moves forward when Tom and his henchmen show up at the Metalstorm set the following day. Returning covertly to the set, Colt persuades Jody of his innocence. Together, they persuade Tom into taking part in a prank and, later, into confessing while he is attached to a microphone.
Dan leads the rest of the group in holding off his goons. Colt is able to jump aboard the chopper in midair with Jody’s assistance when Gail tries to flee on a helicopter after stealing the video at gunpoint. After getting the recording, he collapses into a crash mat that Dan has set up. Tom calls someone while standing close to sensitive explosives, which prompts the police to blow him up when they come.
Jason Momoa plays the lead in the San Diego Comic Con premiere of Metalstorm, which goes on to become a big hit. After Colt’s innocence is established, he and Jody reconcile.
