The Fall Guy (2024)

[Hanahope]

This was fun to watch, and probably in the theater the stunts would have looked quite awesome.  Gosling did a good job using 'stunt know how' in foiling the bad guys.  I thought Blunt was generally under utilized, too much of just the 'love interest' at least until the very end.  

the whole plot of framing Colt made no sense though, since he clearly would be able to prove he wasn't in Australia when the stuntman died.  Sure, AI his face, but federal airline records will show he did not leave the states until a day or two later.  of course, if he's dead, who cares, no one would check.

 

[DoctorAtomic]

I enjoyed it, but I was hoping it might be an 'origin story' of some sort at how Colt became a bounty hunter. 

Blunt and Gosling have great chemistry but just weren't together enough either. I'm wondering if maybe their relationship wasn't even needed and just could have been that Colt quit after the accident but Jodi coaxed him out of retirement to help him out and to figure out what was going on with the movie star. 

The credits scenes and wrap up was almost better than the movie. I was really impressed how many stunts Gosling actually did. I know he did a lot of his own fighting in The Gray Man, but I didn't know about the stunts. 

It's a good B movie that knows not to take itself too seriously. 

Good use of the Miami Vice theme too. 

[tv echo]

SAG Awards Nominations: ‘Wicked,’ ‘Shogun’ Lead With Five Nods Each
By Hilary Lewis   January 8, 2025 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-sag-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1236104098/ 

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The 31st annual SAG Awards is set for Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, with the event streaming live on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
DUNE: PART TWO
THE FALL GUY
GLADIATOR II
WICKED