The Fall Guy (2024)

Colt (stunt man) and Jody (crew woman) have a flirty relationship on-set. When he breaks his back during filming, he retreats from movies and completely ghosts her. More than a year later, Jody's directing her first movie and the producer convinces Colt to get back in the game for Jody. Thing is: Jody isn't happy to see him, so why's he there?

This looks great: the action scenes are inventive and well-shot. The story around the action, however, is weak, with the jokes falling flat and the mystery coming across as both high-stakes and silly. I think this really wanted to be Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or The Nice Guys, but it's completely hollow -- as though it was written by AI. I was most baffled by the love story, which appeared to be just a set romance in the pre-accident scenes, but was treated as a soul mates situation later on.

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