Like so many different films, “The Fall Man” has a post-credits scene. Nonetheless, it approaches the idea in a barely completely different means than audiences may anticipate. After a flurry of behind-the-scenes footage through the credit lulls the viewer into believing that the film is likely to be over, a title card seems, stating, “Beforehand on ‘The Fall Man’.” The display screen then reveals producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham) and film star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johson) exiting their crashed helicopter … just for Gail to be arrested and Tom to flee and unintentionally blow himself up on account of an explosives mishap. Luckily, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt) manages to wrap up “Metalstorm” with out her star. It is a massive post-credits scene, made even greater by three main cameos: Lee Majors, Heather Thomas, and Jason Momoa.
Most individuals will instantly spot the obvious one of many trio since Momoa is name-dropped even earlier than the actor agrees to take over as “Metalstorm’s” lead. However followers of the unique “The Fall Man” TV sequence will wish to take note of the law enforcement officials who arrive to arrest Gail and Tom, as a result of Majors and Thomas play two of them. After all, the explanation they seem right here is that they are the celebrities of the Eighties present.
In all equity, Majors’ cameo won’t shock everybody. In any case, he already introduced his involvement with the film in a February 2023 interview with the Mirror. “I had a telephone name from David Leitch who directed Deadpool and John Wick,” he stated. “I knew he was doing ‘The Fall Man’ film in Australia with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt however I used to be shocked by his name. He requested if I would seem within the film and so I needed to say sure.”
The Fall Man pays homage to each its roots and material
As good as it’s for the film to pay homage to the 1981 “The Fall Man” TV present, Lee Majors and Heather Thomas’ look is simply one of many methods the movie acknowledges the individuals it is indebted to. The film focuses closely on fictional stuntpeople like Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) and Dan Tucker (Winston Duke), however earlier than the post-credits scene and its cameos hit the display screen, the tip credit sequence is not afraid to get extraordinarily actual. All through the credit, the film rolls out a tremendous montage of the particular professionals who labored on and carried out “The Fall Man’s” difficult and spectacular stunts.
The 2024 Oscars stuntperson tribute might have been nonsense, however “The Fall Man” is a crowd-pleasing love letter the career has deserved for fairly some time. Contemplating director David Leitch’s personal historical past as a stuntman, this is not precisely stunning. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless good to see a film put on its coronary heart on its sleeve — particularly in a means that offers the viewers wonderful motion sequences and loads of perception into how they had been filmed.