Set in the 1920's, "The Fall" follows a story of a Los Angeles stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace) who befriends a young patient Alexandria as he fights depression from being bedridden and possibly paralysed.
While Walker may be a sob story in real life: Finding ways to end his life, the Jake Gyllenhaal doppelganger is a hero in the eyes of young Alexandria, whom he tells an epic tale of himself set in an alternate Universe. Spinning it with fantasy and his colourful conquests, Walker is as cool as a masked bandit hero can get.
Combine that with lush costumes juxtaposed against the background that’s shot in over 20 countries, thanks to director Tarsem Singh’s (“Immortals”) vision, Walker is certainly the most ‘out-there’ hero there is.