There are no clean getaways.

Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire,stunt driving for movie productions by day and steeringgetaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a lonerby nature, Driver cant help falling in love with his beautifulneighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young motherdragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of herex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac).After a heist intended to pay off Standards protection moneyspins unpredictably out of control, Driver finds himself drivingdefense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate ofdeadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman).But when he realizes that the gangsters are aftermore than the bag of cash in his trunk - that theyrecoming straight for Irene and her son - Driver isforced to shift gears and go on offense.