I went into this movie with high hopes. The description of the movie had led me to believe it would be a "Heat" type of movie with bank heists and the Rookie cop trying to bring down the bad guy. Well, the description was half right. The first half of the movie starts off great. We have Ryan Gosling playing Luke Glanton. A tattooed motorcycle stuntman with a history of violence. He gets talked into robbing banks by his friend, and the movie is really taking off. I think the movie hit it's climax WAY too early. It peaked and then for the last hour it slowly drained any interest you had at the start of the movie. They kill the main character, and then try to dump the storyline on the guy who killed the main character. It just felt like the movie hit a brick wall. Then you are starting to get to know this new character, slowly get back into the groove of the movie. Then they fast forward in time and try to switch the storyline AGAIN, but this time with TWO new characters. By the time the ending rolled around, I was pretty bored with the movie. I had no interest in any of the characters and really just wanted the movie to end. The ending left me feeling pretty empty. When the credits roll, I want to actually feel something, and this movie made me feel nothing. Except regret for spending the time watching it. I should have turned it off when Gosling died.
Honestly, I recommend watching the first half of the movie just for Gosling's performance. Just turn it off once he dies and read the synopsis on the internet.
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