Picture this: standing on top of a creaky tower, almost being able to touch the clouds. Looking down, all you see is faint ground and a broken ladder, and it hits you: You are stuck 2,000 feet in the air with no cell phone service and no nearby city. 

I stumbled upon Fall  after watching a short clip on my TikTok feed. I had not heard of the movie  before, but the clip was convincing enough for me to open my laptop to find the movie.

I was definitely surprised to see that it wasn’t offered on any common entertainment platform without paying a whopping $5.99 on YouTube. That, I would say, was the only downfall of this viewing experience.

The story follows the emotionally fragile rock climber Becky Connor (Grace Fulton), who reluctantly decides to confront her fears with her thrill-seeking friend Shiloh Hunter (Virginia Gardner). Hunter convinces Connor to face her fears and embark on a high-risk climbing adventure to the top of the abandoned 2,000-foot B67 TV tower: a construction of weather-beaten metal and rattling rivets in the middle of the Mojave desert. 

However, when the perilous climb doesn’t go as planned, the women must summon every last ounce of courage and strength to devise a plan for a safe return home–or die trying.

I was shocked by how much I enjoy this movie; co-writer, producer and director Scott Mann does a superb job with filming. Don’t even get me started on my constant anxiety and elevated blood pressure watching this. I would even go as far to say I got vertigo, dizzy and an upset stomach in some scenes. With constant edge-of-your-seat moments and great cinematography, I feel stuck on the tower with the two women.

The writing of the film is tight and cohesive, with excellent character development helping in the suspenseful scenes. The few twists and turns lead up to the perfectly executed ending of the movie. 

I have to applaud the fact this movie has  a run time of only 107 minutes. It increases the suspense and thrill of the movie while still managing to have a spot-on placement of events, with nothing seeming to feel too prolonged or rushed through. 

Upon more research on this movie, I was definitely not let down by the reality of how this movie was shot. Apparently, the filmmakers had considered a green screen or digital sets, but ultimately opted to film on a real structure. They built the upper portion of the tower on top of a mountain so that the actors would really appear to be thousands of feet in the air, even though in reality they were never more than 100 feet off the ground.

This movie is rather hard to watch because of the story’s sheer intensity. It is not for the weak of the heart. Just know that if you’re squeamish or acrophobic at all, you’re probably going to find yourself on the edge of your seat the whole time. For me, though, that’s what makes  the movie.

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