Two best friends attempt the dangerous feat of climbing an abandoned television tower. The thriller Fall is terrifying from beginning to end with a shocking revelation. It is also full of the typical disaster movie tropes, but then it gets interesting. This creates a sense of urgency as the characters face life and death scenarios in time. Nevertheless, there is a small diversion into second act melodrama that almost derails the suspenseful situation. Returning to its original mood, it climbs steadily towards its climax. An hour shorter would have made it better, but acceptable for popcorn entertainment.
Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Dan (Mason Gooding) are a married couple who go free climbing with their friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner). One incident happens after nearly one year whereby Becky drinks herself into oblivion with drugs on her bed after her dad unsuccessfully tries reaching out for her. Her father Jeffrey Dean Morgan attempts to bond with his daughter again which she refuses as she spirals lower.
Hunter wants to cheer up Becky by making her famous on social media platforms. She has chosen a derelict two-thousand-foot tall TV mast known as B-67 located at the desert outskirts where they are going to climb together as well as take pictures and upload on Instagram so that people can see what they were doing last summer vacation. Therefore if she wants to live once more like how she did before Dan’s passing away; this was what Dan would have done according to Becky’s thoughts regarding this idea. Although hesitant about it, Becky finally agrees because it seems right somehow when they are driving through empty lands.
The skyline was overwhelming such that B-67 soared above it all with blazing glory high above human reach while dying animals nourished vultures down below at danger or trespassing signs overlooking their path ahead where some scared girl called becky let herself be bound tightly around hunters chest since he wanted evidence about everything one day commented asking him where they were heading. They managed cautiously down past the broken aerials towards a small metal ledge at the summit. Hunter is ecstatic about their accomplishment. In happiness, Becky cries. Unbeknownst to them, some of the bolts had rusted through years and dropped off when it gave way in a puff of smoke from impact onto the ground far below leaving them stranded without any means of communication or supplies; also, there’s an ugly gash on Becky’s leg while buzzards begin circling overhead.
The most vital part of Fall is its credibility. If Becky and Hunter look like they could be on a soundstage using blue screens for backgrounds then she doesn’t have a chance to survive her predicament. Scott Mann (Final Score, Heist) does his job well by making sure that everybody watching this film will feel themselves teetering as if standing upon precipice looking over abyss below them which might swallow all things up without warning; that’s what these two women are doing now – sitting precariously perched atop some wind-blown ledge while their attempts at rescue are intercut with scenes viewed from miles away or even farther up above where people can barely make out tiny figures against backdrops comprising nothing more than vast fields deserts oceans mountains forests cities towns rural areas farms suburbs highways freeways interstates expressways parkways driveways sidewalks streets lanes roads boulevards avenues turnpikes beltways loops crossovers bridges viaducts tunnels overpasses underpasses causeways flyovers crosswalks intersections junctions roundabouts parking lots garages alleys yards compounds premises buildings structures facilities places spaces districts regions continents planets solar systems galaxies universes multiverses; henceforth, movie looks authentic every second.
Fall mostly stays within its story arc boundaries in terms of dramatization effect. While Currey gives a convincing performance as devastated Becky who has gone through such a calamity before becoming her husband’s wife, what is not needed here is an extra subplot involving both females hanging by a thread. This ten-minute digression serves no real purpose and only confuses the audience’s minds instead of bringing them back into focus on their own experience with this film; however, Mann gets us hooked then veers away from main storyline that could have been much more engaging if he had not tried to make it too intellectually sophisticated like other directors might do instead wanting something less like pulp fiction but going against his better judgment about keeping things gritty. It’s fluff and it takes away from the entertainment value.
A whopper in the third act repositions the narrative back on course. It was one of these shocks I didn’t see coming at all! An excellent surprise will take you up a notch in Fall. See this movie on the largest screen possible or don’t bother watching it. Acrophobics should avoid this film at all cost.
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