Ryan Gosling has been outstanding in many dramatic roles, but damn does he ever have some good comedic skills, too.
Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, an experienced stunt man who had a steady career and a budding romance with a camerawoman, Judy (Emily Blunt). However, that came to an end with a bad injury that took him a long time to recover from. He’s convinced to come out of retirement, though, to work on a film that’s being directed by Judy, which is her first project.
It’s an awkward experience because he broke up with the up-and-coming director after his injury. The situation is made even more complicated when the actor Colt is doing stunts for suspiciously disappears. It turns out, there are nefarious reasons why, and as Colt searches for the star, he’s put in danger.
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