Just Plain Fun Movies — The Fall Guy

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.

This has a slow start but once it gets going it never slows down. It is such a clever and funny homage to action movies, from the many references dropped to the way the soundtrack features the songs up front and loud. As always, main attraction Ryan Gosling is wonderful. I would watch him read the phone book.

It wasn't perfect. There is that slow start. Emily Blount is, for me, always unremarkable. A stronger female star was needed to provide a spark strong enough to match Gosling and the script in general. The script could have used another pass to clean up the main storyline but all the asides and references made it great fun to watch. 

However, those are small quibbles. Overall The Fall Guy is just a great popcorn movie.