History Film / TheFallGuy2024

* AdaptationalNationality: Jody, an American in the TV series, is British in the film.

** Creator/LeeMajors and Heather Thomas appear briefly [[spoiler:in TheStinger as police officers who arrest Gail and Tom.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The Stuntman becomes the hero.]]'']]

* TheOtherMarty: InUniverse. [[spoiler:After Tom's crimes are exposed, the movie is reshot with Creator/JasonMomoa in the role]].

* CameraAbuse: While filming a scene on a beach where the car was going to roll, Colt struggled to keep the right distance from a lead car and ended up hitting the camera mounted on a jib. The scene was still in motion and they had seven other cameras so they said to keep going.

* DigitalHeadSwap: Given it's a film about a StuntDouble on a big-budget movie, this comes up several times in the plot. Most notably, Jody takes advantage of Tom Ryder's absence and Colt's presence to film bigger, more impressive action scenes and then replace Colt's face with Ryder's in post, because Colt is ''much'' better at filming action scenes. [[spoiler:After TheReveal, we see that Gail has used a DigitalHeadSwap to frame Colt for an AccidentalMurder.]]

** In addition, [[spoiler:Jody is set up to become blamed for an engineered TroubledProduction that'll cover up Ryder's crime. Ryder's rep forces Colt into her movie, demands a recut of the Third Act that's heavily implied to be an ''awful'' ending, makes a big stink of Colt apparently killing a stuntman to poison the movie's rep, and tries to get her to 'take a vacation' so she, and by extension the studio, can screw up her first movie and pin everything that went wrong with the movie on her.]]

* FriendshipMoment: Dan decides to forgo his turn during karaoke night to help Colt track down Tom, getting himself involved in numerous dangerous fights in order to help his friend. [[spoiler:He later assembles the rest of the stunt crew to fight off Tom's security detail while Colt and Jody are preoccupied with getting a confession out of him.]]
* GirlbossFeminist: Gail, a Hollywood executive, is known for [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling breaking the glass ceiling]] and producing Hollywood blockbusters. However, she is actually a typical Hollywood vulture who manipulates talentless hacks to make more money and [[ExecutiveMeddling manipulates movies]] for [[LowestCommonDenominator stupid audiences]]. [[spoiler:She orchestrates a conspiracy to cover up a talentless hack's killing of a stuntman to boost studio profits. She uses gaslighting to manipulate Colt into becoming the Fall Guy, Jody into believing Colt is the killer, and the public through special effects and evidence-tampering. During her escape attempt, she shrieks "toxic masculinity", even though it has nothing to do with toxic masculinity and has everything to do with her being an accessory to manslaughter]]

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: During [[RealitySubtext Jody 'explaining' the romantic subplot of her film totally not being based on her and Colt falling out]], she claims she had ''so'' many 'mind-blowing flings' to prove she moved on. It's implied none of it is true because all of her subsequent interactions with Colt make it clear she never got over him.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Tom explains Gails "simple solution" for [[spoiler:him accidentally killing his stuntman]], which is full of ComplexityAddiction, something Colt points out.

*** Aaron Taylor-Johnson's performance clearly imitates the persona of Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, and he further plays it up as the Space Cowboy.
*** "Tom Ryder"'s name is just one degree removed from Creator/TomCruise (who [[ExpyCoexistence exists in-universe too]], presumably as PlausibleDeniability). He shares Cruise's reliance on being seen as doing his own stunts, and his behavior has much in common with rumors (and verified recordings) of Cruise being passive aggressive and sometimes outright hostile towards crew members. Colt's little chats to himself also show Ryder is a macho, homophobic bully, which also matches rumors from co-stars about on-set behavior.

*** "Tom Ryder"'s name is just one degree removed from Creator/TomCruise (who [[ExpyCoexistence exists in-universe too]], presumably as PlausibleDeniability). He shares Cruise's reliance on being seen as doing his own stunts, and his behavior has much in common with rumors (and verified recordings) of Cruise being passive aggressive and sometimes outright hostile towards crew members.

** Gail is a abominable amalgamation of every [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hollywood 'producer']] who [[ExecutiveMeddling sabotages movies]]: she's a GirlbossFeminist who misuses "toxic masculinity" at anything a man does, even when it's [[spoiler:trying to stop her from murder]], maintains [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Tom's 'down to Earth actor' facade]] at all costs [[spoiler:down to covering up an AccidentalMurder with glee]], and tries to take over the film several times, both to make sure the movie is dumbed down for the LowestCommonDenominator and [[spoiler:also to cover up the death]]. Furthermore, her attempt to take over the movie is a common IRL HorribleHollywood tactic: studio executives and "producers" will WagTheDirector and force plot changes for the worst in a bid for "[[LowestCommonDenominator wide appeal]]" or even for SelfFanservice at the cost of an actual film, then pin the resulting mess on the director, who'll be blackballed by every studio for a failure that wasn't their fault.

* ActionSurvivor: Jody Moreno is this despite not being a trained fighter like Colt can really hold her own. Successfully attacking and taking down [[spoiler:Colt when she mistook him for an attacker even stabbing him in the leg with a pen. (Though to be fair he was in a big non-flexible alien costume and he didn't want to actually harm her.)]] [[spoiler:She also is able to hold herself against an armed Gail and a professional armed mook knocking him out with a camera stand.]]

** Colt began his career as a stuntman at the Miami Vice Action Spectacular at Ride/UniversalStudios, and still wears the crew jacket every day. [[spoiler:Said show apparently included him diving off an exploding speedboat several times a day, so he was able to put these skills to use to fake his death when pursued by Ryder's goons in Sydney harbor.]]

* ChekhovsGun: When Cole first visits Tom's condo on the waterfront, right next to it is a large yacht. [[spoiler:That is where Tom has been hiding all this time, which Cole finds out later jumping from a crane onto the yacht]].

* ChekhovsSkill: Colt began his career as a stuntman at the Miami Vice Action Spectacular at Ride/UniversalStudios, and still wears the crew jacket every day. [[spoiler:Said show apparently included him diving off an exploding speedboat several times a day, so he was able to put these skills to use to fake his death when pursued by Ryder's goons in Sydney harbor.]]

*** Aaron Taylor-Johnson's performance clearly imitates the persona of Creator/MatthewMcconaughey, and he further plays it up as the Space Cowboy.

** Tom Ryder is a mockery of Creator/TomCruise (who [[ExpyCoexistence exists in-universe too]], presumably as PlausibleDeniability). He is portrayed as an egotistical blowhard who relies on stunt performers and is passive-aggressive. He has a shrine dedicated to himself and [[BrainlessBeauty is a clueless dumbass]]. Ryder's talks suggest he is a homophobic, macho bully. Aaron Taylor-Johnson's comments and the use of "Rider" as a synonym for "Cruiser" make it a genuine celebrity parody. Ryder's fake movies, such as ''Action Part One'', reference ''Film/{{Collateral}}'', where Cruise got his career revived by "doing his own stunts". He gained infamy during the COVID-19 pandemic when he lashed out at two production assistants during the filming of ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (also referenced as "Action Part One").
** His rep and producer is a abominable amalgamation of every [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hollywood 'producer']] who [[ExecutiveMeddling sabotages movies]]: she's a GirlbossFeminist who misuses "toxic masculinity" at anything a man does, even when it's [[spoiler:trying to stop her from murder]], maintains [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Tom's 'down to Earth actor' facade]] at all costs [[spoiler:down to covering up an AccidentalMurder with glee]], and tries to take over the film several times, both to make sure the movie is dumbed down for the LowestCommonDenominator and [[spoiler:also to cover up the death]]. Furthermore, her attempt to take over the movie is a common IRL HorribleHollywood tactic: studio executives and "producers" will WagTheDirector and force plot changes for the worst in a bid for "[[LowestCommonDenominator wide appeal]]" or even for SelfFanservice at the cost of an actual film, then pin the resulting mess on the director, who'll be blackballed by every studio for a failure that wasn't their fault.
** Ryder's not just a dig at Tom Cruise, but at other celebs: the crappy sci-fi movie he's in mimics the overblown Scientology vehicle of ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' (starring fellow action starlet-cum-serious actor and Scientologist Creator/JohnTravolta), his angry public antics and constant breakdowns references Creator/MelGibson's own (complete with "Action Part One", one of Ryder's ego vehicles, also being a reference to ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and its many sequels), and his constant chewing out of set personnel also references Creator/ChristianBale's infamous rant on the set of Film/TerminatorSalvation - and Bale's also known for his paparazzi-worthy antics. Finally, [[spoiler:him being quickly replaced with Creator/JasonMomoa]] refers to all of Creator/KevinSpacey's scenes in ''Film/AllTheMoneyInTheWorld'' being hastily reshot with Creator/ChristopherPlummer after it turned out that Spacey was a sexual predator and pedophile.

* BigNo: Tom lets out an epic one when [[spoiler:Colt leaps out of the helicoptor with the recording of Tom confessing to murder in hand.]]

* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:While not exactly a live broadcast, Colt and Jody are able to trick Tom into confessing his murders by forcing him into doing a dangerous stunt while forgetting his microphone is still on.]]

** Obviously, there's Colt, who is being set up to take the blame for Ryder's disappearance. It turns out to be more complex than a simple case of framing him by being the most convenient suspect: [[spoiler:everything, from suddenly being forced into joining Jody's crew, the 3D scanning and mocap work, and being asked to investigate Ryder's disappearance were part of an elaborate plan to deepfake him into being the main suspect for an apparent manslaughter (actually murder!) that Ryder committed.]]

* GirlbossFeminist: Gail, a Hollywood executive, is known for [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling breaking the glass ceiling]] and producing Hollywood blockbusters. However, she is actually a typical Hollywood vulture who manipulates talentless hacks to make more money and [[ExecutiveMeddling manipulates movies]] for [[LowestCommonDenominator stupid audiences]]. [[spoiler:She orchestrates a conspiracy to cover up a talentless hack's murder of a stuntman to boost studio profits. She uses gaslighting to manipulate Colt into becoming the Fall Guy, Jody into believing Colt is the murderer, and the public through special effects and evidence-tampering. During her escape attempt, she shrieks "toxic masculinity", even though it has nothing to do with toxic masculinity and has everything to do with her being an accessory to murder]]

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: During [[RealitySubtext Jody 'explaining' the romantic subplot of her film totally not being based on her and Colt falling out]], she claims she had sooooo many 'mind-blowing flings' to prove she moved on. It's implied none of it is true because all of her subsequent interactions with Colt make it clear she never got over him.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Ryder's girlfriend Iggy Starr was a part of the plot to frame Colt for murder, and yet the final scene in the movie reveals that apparently she was not replaced as the female lead in ''Metalstorm'', implying she got away scot-free.]]

** His rep and producer is a abominable amalgamation of every [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hollywood 'producer']] who [[ExecutiveMeddling sabotages movies]]: she's a GirlbossFeminist who misuses "toxic masculinity" at anything a man does, even when it's [[spoiler:trying to stop her from murder]], maintains [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Tom's 'down to Earth actor' facade]] at all costs [[spoiler:down to covering up an AccidentalMurder with glee]], and tries to take over the film several times, both to make sure the movie is dumbed down for the LowestCommonDenominator and [[spoiler:also to cover up said murder]]. Furthermore, her attempt to take over the movie is a common IRL HorribleHollywood tactic: studio executives and "producers" will WagTheDirector and force plot changes for the worst in a bid for "[[LowestCommonDenominator wide appeal]]" or even for SelfFanservice at the cost of an actual film, then pin the resulting mess on the director, who'll be blackballed by every studio for a failure that wasn't their fault.

* GirlbossFeminist: Gail, a Hollywood executive, is known for [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling breaking the glass ceiling]] and producing Hollywood blockbusters. However, she is actually a typical Hollywood vulture who manipulates talentless hacks to make more money and manipulates movies for [[LowestCommonDenominator stupid audiences]]. [[spoiler:She orchestrates a conspiracy to cover up a talentless hack's murder of a stuntman to boost studio profits. She uses gaslighting to manipulate Colt into becoming the Fall Guy, Jody into believing Colt is the murderer, and the public through special effects and evidence-tampering. During her escape attempt, she shrieks "toxic masculinity", even though it has nothing to do with toxic masculinity and has everything to do with her being an accessory to murder]]
Gail likes to make a big deal of being an executive who [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling broke the glass ceiling]] against all odds and is responsible for some of the biggest blockbusters in Hollywood. In reality, she's a typical Hollywood vulture who sucks up to a talentless hack to make more money who [[ExecutiveMeddling forces stupid changes on movies]] for [[LowestCommonDenominator stupid audiences]] and [[spoiler:has engineered an elaborate conspiracy to cover up said talentless hack's murder of a stuntman to make sure the studio keeps making more money at all costs, and judging from the way she shrieks "toxic masculinity" during her escape attempt that has ''nothing'' to do with toxic masculinity and has everything to do with her being an accessory to murder, she's likely misused {{Gaslighting}} in the same way... after gaslighting Colt into becoming the FallGuy for the murder, gaslighting Jody into thinking Colt forced his way into the set and that he's the murderer, and the populace at large into thinking Colt's a murderer by way of special effects and some convenient evidence-tampering.]]

* GirlbossFeminist: Gail likes to make a big deal of being an executive who [[BreakingTheGlassCeiling broke the glass ceiling]] against all odds and is responsible for some of the biggest blockbusters in Hollywood. In reality, she's a typical Hollywood vulture who sucks up to a talentless hack to make more money who [[ExecutiveMeddling forces stupid changes on movies]] for [[LowestCommonDenominator stupid audiences]] and [[spoiler:has engineered an elaborate conspiracy to cover up said talentless hack's murder of a stuntman to make sure the studio keeps making more money at all costs, and judging from the way she shrieks "toxic masculinity" during her escape attempt that has ''nothing'' to do with toxic masculinity and has everything to do with her being an accessory to murder, she's likely misused {{Gaslighting}} in the same way... after gaslighting Colt into becoming the FallGuy for the murder, gaslighting Jody into thinking Colt forced his way into the set and that he's the murderer, and the populace at large into thinking Colt's a murderer by way of special effects and some convenient evidence-tampering.]]