A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt's roaming tracking shots are pure adrenaline poetry.
Acting
Gosling's silent desperation vs. Cooper's crumbling ambition.
Direction
Cianfrance's three-act structure guts you three separate times.
Director
Derek Cianfrance
Ryan Gosling
Luke Glanton
Bradley Cooper
Avery Cross
Eva Mendes
Romina Gutierrez
Rose Byrne
Jennifer Cross
Ray Liotta
Peter Deluca
Dane DeHaan
Jason Kancam
Emory Cohen
AJ Cross
Mahershala Ali
Kofi Kancam
Bruce Greenwood
Bill Killcullen
Ben Mendelsohn
Robin Van Der Hook
Harris Yulin
Al Cross
Robert Clohessy
Chief Weirzbowski
Gabe Fazio
Scott
Olga Merediz
Malena Gutierrez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bank robbery scenes were shot in one continuous take with Gosling actually riding through real traffic.
Cianfrance conceived this as a triptych about fathers and sons; the middle act was originally written as a separate film before merging with Luke's story.
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