Fall is an interesting if somewhat predictable survival thriller film that was released in 2022. Scott Mann serves as director of this script which he also co-wrote alongside Jonathan Frank.
The small cast includes Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Mason Gooding.
The film starts off with the husband of one of our intrepid heroines falling off a rock face to his death. Becky Connor, played by Currey, spends the following year in isolation and intoxication, grieving the tragic plunge her husband took when her best friend Shiloh Hunter, played by Gardner, shows up and convinces her to accompany her on a climb of a decommissioned radio tower that reaches about 2,000 feet into the sky. The idea is to spread the ashes of the deceased husband from the top of the tower. Plans go awry when the ladder crumbles to the desert floor, leaving Becky and Hunter with no way to descend safely.
This film started off pretty well. The twists and revelations that unfolded throughout the film were somewhat rather uninspiring. I was focused on how they were going to get down to really care much about whatever tawdry secrets were going to be revealed.
The cast was well chosen. I did not catch anyone putting forth any dresdful performances.
Although there were some scenes that were a little jarring, the overall plot did not feel that unique. I guess one can say that radio towers are not used that much as a setting of peril, so that’s something resembling originality.
It’s a pretty absurd plot, but I have seen worse. Although saying that I enjoyed the film seems a little overstated, it was devoid of merit. It was a fairly decent piece of cinema but likely not worth a second viewing anytime soon.
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