The Fall Guy
Director David Leitch has really been a key player in keeping the lower end of big budget action films alive when cinemas were raging with superheroes and, for that, I am grateful. However, I haven't always gelled with his various outings since his highly enjoyable debut with John Wick . His most recent film, Bullet Train , had all the potential but was exhaustively long and dampened my experience come the end of the story. Would things be different with his 2024 action flick The Fall Guy ? Based off a 1980s TV series of the same name, The Fall Guy sees stuntman Colt Seavers break his back during a stunt and with that he falls off the industry, and loses a promising relationship with one of the producers. One day he gets a call from another producer to make a come-back in Australia where a new production is taking place but it's only when he arrives does he learn the director is his former lover. However all is not well with the production and Seavers is tasked with tracking ...