Ryan Gosling plays a nameless Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for hire. He’s a man without a past (at least not a past that we’re ever told about). He’s quiet and a loner. and then he meets his neighbour and her son. A bond begins to grow and when her husband gets out of jail and an event occurs that could threaten them, the driver must take matters into his own hands to protect them.