Pun Salad

ANother entry in the Action/Comedy/Romance/Dumb Fun genres. Big budget for stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, but also a lot for (obviously) the spectacular stunts. And I hope Mr. Gosling's eight stunt doubles were also well-paid. This movie will have you sympathizing with their faceless daring.

Gosling plays Colt Seaver, a one-time great stuntman who suffered a grievous injury acting as a double for spoiled famous action star Tom Ryder. Disillusioned, he now works as a valet. But he gets a call from producer Gail (Hannah Waddington) who demands his presence in Sydney, claiming that his old girlfriend Jody (Ms. Blunt) really needs his services on the latest Tom Ryder flick Metalstorm (Described as "Mad Max meets Star Wars".)

Colt is thrust into a convoluted, inexplicable plot. It turns out that Jody had no idea he was coming. Ryder seems to be missing. A body is found, which promptly disappears. Colt's no Sherlock Holmes, and it's pretty clear he's in over his head.

Fortunately, a combination of friends and foes spell it out for him.

I never watched the old TV show on which this movie is based. But there's a nice treat in the midst of the trailers for those geezers in the audience who did.