The ductility of Ryan Gosling It can vary so much that any genre of cinema falls within its talent. The actor adapts to the character he has to play and, in turn, his fictional alter ego adapts to his style. Profession danger is a great example of his most unique repertoire, an unusual action comedy in which he plays a stuntman who ends up using for his real life what he knows how to do for the cameras.
It is not the style of the films that he usually shows. In fact, the first action movie as such had been The gray man Two years ago. Therefore, its deployment is more valuable. Gosling brings out his great charisma as he did last year in Barbiea film that It earned him an Oscar nomination and everyone’s praise.
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Like the film directed by Greta Gerwig, Profession danger It is a complete satire. In this case of the rarely explored world of stunt doubles, who are shown like never before before in a movie mainstream.
What “Profession Danger” is about, Ryan Gosling’s explosive film
Profession danger It is directed by David Leitcha filmmaker who has some great action stories to his credit like Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2 and Bullet train. Is a remake from the original, from 1981, starring Lee Majors and Heather Thomas.
The great detail is that Leitch before going behind the cameras had experience in punches and kicks: he had been a stunt double for Brad Pitt and J.ean-Claude Van Damme. That led him to know how to put together the necessary choreographies so that the fights turned out very well since his training in martial arts allowed him to do so. So, Profession danger It is the conjunction of all their knowledge.
What “Profession Danger” is about, Ryan Gosling’s explosive film (Photo: Universal)
Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a stuntman who is on the crest of the wave. As second to the great star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) executes the worst scenes that the figure does not do. One day, when everything goes wrong, he has an accident and his job is put on the back burner, as is the relationship he had with Jody (Emily Blunt) one of the technical staff cameramen.
As time passes, he is summoned again for a large-scale production, this time under the command of his ex-girlfriend. While he starts filming, something behind the scenes doesn’t go quite right and Colt finds himself in the middle of a police situation that he has to solve with his own physical prowess, while some thugs chase him to catch him. At the center, the search for him remains one: He wants to win back the love of his life.
The great references to action cinema that “Profession Danger” has
If something was done well in Profession danger It is the entertainment it produces. With almost two hours of pure adrenaline, in which Gosling jumps, runs, escapes, catches fire, crashes, flies, hangs from a helicopter and, above all, mesmerizes with his charisma. Emily Blunt She works perfectly as his romantic partner, especially because she is never overshadowed by him. Also, her intelligence and her strength drive the plot twists.
Throughout its hilarious folds, Profession danger is a reference shaker to other films of different genres such as action, police, science fiction, comedy and romantic films. In addition, it works as a fabulous tribute to the work that stuntmen do behind the scenes and is rarely awarded.
Ryan Gosling plays a stuntman in “Profession Danger.” (Photo: Universal)
Leitch was able to weave in different layers references to films or series from the ’70s such as The green Hornet, The Pink Panther, The bionic manand Two lucky rogueswith the remembered Burt Reynolds.
There are also direct quotes to Fast and Furious, K-Nino and Independence Day; observations about Tom Cruise and the entire saga of Mission Impossible; mentions and jokes about the agent James Bond; tributes to the remembered Miami Division; and commentary on the world of Jason Bourne and even identical shots to Unknown identity.
Between the layers of cinema within cinema like the one made in Tropic Thunder of Ben StillerLeitch showed the spirit of Dune, Apocalypse Now! and Mad Maxas he also summarized in his argument all the possible clichés of romantic comedies.
Why “Profession Danger” is important to the film industry
Profession danger It is a very clever film that uses all the technical possibilities that Hollywood allows to convey a message. The authors make it clear that stuntmen are not willing to be replaced by Artificial Intelligence.
Ryan Gosling exposes all his charisma in “Profession Danger.” (Photo: Universal)
The strike of scriptwriters and actors that occurred very recently in Hollywood completely stopped production for months. The solution to this conflict occurred when the parties managed to understand one of the most important aspects, namely that the use of technology cannot completely replace human work.
One of the layers that is underneath this production is this. For this reason, the director put those stunt doubles on camera (especially in the opening sequence shot) that are never seen. Leitch appears to be telling the industry: “We are here and we are not going to be replaced by a robot”.
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At the same time, Profession danger It is a vindication of the hard work that stuntmen have, permanently exposed to injuries, blows and dangers. That is why they have been demanding, for years, that the industry give them an Oscar. Can it happen from now on?
