After a terrible accident on set, stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) isn't sure he'll ever be ready to go back. His confidence is shaken and worse, he lost his chance to be with Jody (Emily Blunt), the girl of his dreams. But a frantic call from a producer, Gail (Hannah Waddingham), telling him that Jody's new movie is in trouble and begging him to come back gets him off the couch and back in the game. Except Jody didn't know anything about it. Gail manipulated him so he could double for the movie's missing star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Colt has to find Ryder, patch things up with Jody, solve a murder, and be the best stuntman he can possibly be.
I laughed so hard throughout this entire movie. It has everything. Meta commentary, insane stunts, perfectly cast roles, good dialogue, a very good dog, and hyper-competent people doing their extremely specialized jobs. Director David Leitch used to be a stuntman and it shows. He has always had an eye for action sequences and it is on full display here.
If there is a weakness, it's that the movie is trying really hard to say "Fuck the Academy, We Don't Need Them" while caping for a Stunt Ensemble category. There is not one, but two end credit songs about how cool stunt people are and how they do this incredibly dangerous job with no recognition. For the record, I also think there should be a category to recognize stunts and voice acting, especially with the rise of full CGI films and mo-cap. But I am not in charge of things.
Anyway, this is a super fun summer popcorn film and you should go see it. It's basically if Ryan Gosling's Ken got a spin-off movie with explosions and karate. I went ahead and bought it because the digital release has 20 extra minutes of mayhem.
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