Fall

Published July 7, 2025

Film info

Title Fall
Director Scott Mann
Year 2022
Run time 1hr 47m
Genre Thriller
Tagline Fear reaches new heights

For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights.

Live blog

Time	Comment
2:07	“Here comes Ethan Hunt.”
7:03	Knowing the premise of this film, grief is responsible for so much here.
9:59	What a mindset to look at a stupidly tall tower and think, ooh I could climb that!
15:49	Not an omen at all, nearly dying on the way to the dangerous activity.
23:59	I do like her confidence but this is madness.
32:05	It’s not enough that she climbed up the giant tower!
40:16	“Freaking out is not gonna help anything.”
52:49	Now do they just have one shoe between them?
57:00	The flashing light would drive me crazy.
1:13:14	Assuming she survives, this is not going to help with her fear of flying.
1:23:07	Wasn’t expecting Stone Cold Steve Austin to get a shout out in this.
1:28:20	Excellent twist.

Thoughts

I vaguely remember seeing talk of this movie when it came out a couple of years ago but mostly forgot about it, until it popped up on iPlayer. I wasn’t expecting much but I do love a survival movie so gave it a go. There are a lot of problems with it - the girls make many stupid decisions and mistakes so you struggle for sympathy, and there are elements that are unbelievable of course. But if you put all that aside, it’s not too bad - very stressful, good tension building, a few surprises, and some good survival stuff in there. It seems odd to me that she comes down and is just allowed to go home no questions asked but hey, it’s a movie!

Rating: 3 / 5