Good movie but grossly overrated

Admirable film.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This movie is so goddamn stupid and pointless. It scares me how bad it is, guys. In the first scene of the movie, Romina scores a bike ride with Luke. For no apparent reason. It's like she is leading him on and when he asks her if they can get a drink or something, she says no. WHYYYY. When Luke gets the crib, Kofi gets angry because it is his house. Wow, prince charming. You care more about your rundown house than a crib for an infant child who you call your son? Really smooth. And, when Romina coos "Baby." at Kofi after he is punched by Luke doesn't even add up. There is simply no chemistry between them. If the girl wants to have no ties with the father of their child, fine. But Luke was trying to do a really nice thing by getting presents for his child, there is no crime in that. And, a scene that depicts the opposite of that shows how talented the writers and directors are. I can't understand why Eva Mendes (the intelligent and beautiful actress that she is) would even choose to read a script in which she is merely a damsel in distress and where two men are just fighting over her and her baby. She never takes a stand. She keeps pushing someone away who clearly loves and admires her.

I turned off this movie before it finished. Completely lost interest. I thought it was about Ryan Gossling's character but then it moved to a different character. It was shortly after I lost complete interest. Really seemed like two movies in one, with completely different plots. Don't waste your time on this, not sure why it deserved some good ratings.I gave it 2 stars for acting. It's not often I turn off a movie before it finishes, even some B movies...I watch til the end. Do yourself a favour and don't watch it. Boring and not entertaining at all.

Rayan Gosling and Eva Mendes on their PEAK performance, Bradly Cooper did really well and rest was good enough. Glorious directional work. Awesome story from very first scene grabbing you altogether then keep rising till middle then story line falling slowly and till the end story line reaches to its Okay level.Could be a lot a lot better if story in second and third part could had been reviewed by director before making it.

The movie is about a man named Luke who rides his motorcycle inside the globe of death, a carnival attraction. He runs into his old lover, Romina, who has secretly had Luke's child. In an attempt to support his new son and win his girl back, Luke quits his job at the carnival and robs some banks. He is successful until he tried one too many times, and was accidentally killed in the process. The story then shifts to the police officer that had Luke in pursuit, Avery Cross. Fifteen years pass, and the rest of the story unfolds. The film was produced so well and had a very grabbing plot line, and the actors were hot. This movie was so great!