The Fall Guy: Extended Cut is now available to watch as it comes with the digital release of the Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt movie. The good news? It’s an extremely fun way to rewatch David Leitch’s latest action comedy movie with even more stunts and some extra laughs thrown in to extend the runtime by 20 minutes.
Don’t expect a ton of entirely new scenes, though. In general, many scenes just begin or end slightly later, so you get to see more ad-libbing from the actors and some extra back and forth. While this could lead to a bloated experience, with stars as charming as Gosling and Blunt, you’ll take any extra screentime you can get. However, the pacing is slightly off, and I’d still recommend the theatrical version for a first-time watch, as it is better at keeping you fully engaged from start to finish.
The biggest addition to The Fall Guy: Extended Cut is that the chase scene where Ryan Gosling’s Colt is trying to run down Tom Ryder’s drug dealer is significantly longer. Several action sequences were cut out with Colt hallucinating unicorns while trying to navigate his way through a train and a warehouse. These are fun to watch and feature some impressive stunts. It’s really the only major action sequence that was left on the cutting room floor, although it does go on for a bit, so I get why it got chopped out of the original to make the runtime shorter.
Most of the other additions are just extended dialogue sequences. We get a few more minutes of the under-utilized Stephanie Hsu, who plays Ryder’s agent and has excellent timing with Gosling. There’s also plenty more of Hannah Waddingham’s evil producer, Gail. She’s hilarious in these sequences, always being insulting even when she’s trying to be nice.
My favorite extended back-and-forth dialogue sequence was between Gosling and Teresa Palmer, who plays Ryder’s girlfriend and co-star Iggy Starr. A lot of their discussion after the sword fight was cut out of the film, which features some hilarious jokes about the pronunciation of Cannes and having a movie go directly to streaming. It winds up being very interesting to watch the extended cut with the editor in mind, as you can see why these scenes got shortened, even if there’s still plenty of value in watching them.
The final third of the film is probably most impacted by The Fall Guy: Extended Cut. Ryder and Colt have a lot more exposition during their meeting on the boat. We get to see a failed monologue from Ryder while filming Metalstorm, and the final stunt sequence features more setup and some hilarious exchanges between Gosling and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. It made me appreciate the film’s finale even more.
The Fall Guy: Extended Cut: The Final Verdict
The Fall Guy: Extended Cut is a fun way to revisit one of 2024’s best movies so far. A lot of the cut dialogue is wildly entertaining and will lead to some extra laughs, while the drug-induced chase sequence is a great time to watch. Ultimately, I think the theatrical cut is the better movie as it just flows a bit better from beat to beat, although the allure of spending more time with Gosling and Blunt’s charming characters will have me going back to both extended and theatrical versions in the future.
Disclaimer: ComingSoon received a digital code for our The Fall Guy: Extended Cut review.
