Glanton attempts to rob a bank alone and is pursued by police. Robin objects, not wanting to press their luck, and the two have a falling-out that results in Robin dismantling the motorbike and Glanton taking back the bail money he owed Robin at gunpoint. After Robin has bailed him out of jail, Glanton immediately wants to resume their bank robberies. Kofi objects to his presence and the two have an altercation at Kofi's house, resulting in Glanton's arrest for assault after he hits Kofi in the head with a pair of pliers. Glanton uses the new money to win back Romina's trust and visits her and his son more often. The duo perform several successful heists, in which Glanton performs the robbery, then uses his motorbike as a getaway vehicle and drives it into an unmarked truck driven by Robin. Robin reveals that he was once a bank robber, and offers to partner with Glanton to hit several banks in the area. Making only minimum wage, Glanton asks Robin for more money to care for his son. Glanton turns to Robin (Ben Mendelsohn), an auto repair shop owner, for part-time employment as he continuously attempts to insert himself into his son's life. Glanton quits his job as a stuntman to stay in town and provide for his child, but Romina does not want him in the child's life, as she has become involved in a relationship with Kofi (Mahershala Ali). During the fair in Altamont, New York, Glanton gets a visit from ex-lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), and learns that he is the father of her son. Luke and Romina Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling) is a locally-famous motorcycle stuntman working in a traveling act for state fairs. When Avery, just beginning to balance his profession and his family life with wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son AJ, confronts Luke, the full consequences will reverberate into the next generation as Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), face their fateful, shared legacy. But it is only a matter of time before Luke will run up against the law-in the form of Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious rookie cop navigating a local police department ruled by menacingly corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta). Robin soon discovers Luke's special talents and proposes to partner with him in a string of spectacular bank robberies. Luke resolves to forsake life on the road and to provide for his new family, taking a job as car mechanic with Robin (Ben Mendelsohn). Passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with former lover Romina (Eva Mendes) and discovers that in his absence she has given birth to their son Jason. Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is in constant motion, a high-wire motorcycle-stunt performer who travels from town to town with the carnival.
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