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It's at this point that the film AGAIN switches protagonists as move ahead about 16 years, as the film now focuses upon Avery Cross and Luke Glanton's children. Avery has divorced his wife and shunned his son, in order to focus on his career, campaigning for Attorney General of New York. Unfortunately, his son AJ has begun to rebel and do drugs, forcing Avery's dad to take him in hopes that he can keep his son out of trouble. AJ befriends Jason, Luke's son who like his dad is a motorcyclist and deeply resentful of his mom and stepdad, who have kept Jason utterly clueless about his biological father's identity. When the truth about their fathers is revealed to Jason, Avery must save his son and stop Jason from self-destructing like his dad did.
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It's at this point that the film AGAIN switches protagonists as move ahead about 16 years, as the film now focuses upon Avery Cross and Luke Glanton's children. Avery has divorced his wife and shunned his son, in order to focus on his career, campaigning for Attorney General of New York. Unfortunately, his son AJ (Creator/EmoryCohen) has begun to rebel and do drugs, forcing Avery's dad to take him in hopes that he can keep his son out of trouble. AJ befriends Jason, Luke's son who like his dad is a motorcyclist and deeply resentful of his mom and stepdad, who have kept Jason utterly clueless about his biological father's identity. When the truth about their fathers is revealed to Jason, Avery must save his son and stop Jason from self-destructing like his dad did.
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** The second act is this in some ways to Film/{{Narc}}.
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** The second act is this in some ways to Film/{{Narc}}.Film/Narc2002.
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Ryan Gosling.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: Luke.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: Luke dies an hour into the film]].
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: Luke.]]
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* CreatorProvincialism: Creator/DerekCianfrance wrote the script based on the town his wife Shannon Plumb grew up in, Schenectady, New York. The film was mostly filmed there on-location. The phrase "Place Beyond the Pines" is actually the Native American meaning to the word "Schenectady."
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* NotSoDifferent: Luke and Avery. Avery even realizes this himself [[spoiler: after he kills Luke.]]
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** The first act, to ''Film/{{Drive}}'': Both characters were stuntmen who used vehicles as part of their employment, both were taken in and given a job in a low paying mechanic job where they found them selves doing a crooked sideline to make extra cash, they were also pretty soft spoken but had an air of understated charisma, they both ended up in a precarious predicament due to their criminal activity as well as getting angry with their boss/friend.
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** The first act, to ''Film/{{Drive}}'': ''Film/Drive2011'': Both characters were stuntmen who used vehicles as part of their employment, both were taken in and given a job in a low paying mechanic job where they found them selves doing a crooked sideline to make extra cash, they were also pretty soft spoken but had an air of understated charisma, they both ended up in a precarious predicament due to their criminal activity as well as getting angry with their boss/friend.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Romina is with Kofi, but still has feelings for Luke and even sleeps with him at one point.
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** Romina makes Luke think he has a chance with her, and even sleeps with him while with Kofi. She had played them both.
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** Dane [=DeHaan=]'s character arc in the third act is somewhat similar to Film/{{Chronicle}}.
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** Dane [=DeHaan=]'s Creator/DaneDeHaan's character arc in the third act is somewhat similar to Film/{{Chronicle}}.''Film/{{Chronicle}}''.
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* TheAtoner: Avery. [[spoiler: After he kills Luke and unwittingly joins DeLuca and the other dirty cops in taking the stolen money from Romina, his conscience eventually gets the better of him. First, he tries to give his cut of the money back to Romina, but is rejected. Next, he brings the money to his superior, hoping to expose the corruption, only to find that his superior was well aware of the corruption and isn't going to do anything about it. He then suspects his life is in danger, and provides information to the District Attorney that exposes DeLuca and his men in exchange for an Assistant D.A. position.]]
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* TheAtoner: Avery. [[spoiler: After he kills Luke and unwittingly joins DeLuca De Luca and the other dirty cops in taking the stolen money from Romina, his conscience eventually gets the better of him. First, he tries to give his cut of the money back to Romina, but is rejected. Next, he brings the money to his superior, hoping to expose the corruption, only to find that his superior was well aware of the corruption and isn't going to do anything about it. He then suspects his life is in danger, and provides information to the District Attorney that exposes DeLuca and his men in exchange for an Assistant D.A. position.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Avery was elected as the new D.A. with the implications of him and A.J.'s relationship improving in the future. But, Luke decides to leave to parts unknown and sends a letter to his mother with the picture of her, him as a baby, and Luke in front of the ice-cream store.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Avery was elected as the new D.A. with the implications of him and A.J.'s relationship improving in the future. But, Luke Jason decides to leave to parts unknown and sends a letter to his mother with the picture of her, him as a baby, and Luke in front of the ice-cream store.]]
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* BettyAndVeronica: The wandering biker thief Luke is the "Veronica" and the responsible, family-man Kofi is the "Betty" to Romina's "Archie". At one point, Romina had an affair with Luke despite being with Kofi, but after the former assaulted the latter for a minor reason, she decided to dump him. By the time skip, she is HappilyMarried with Kofi.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Avery was elected as the new D.A. with the implications of him and A.J.'s relationship improving in the future. But, Luke decides to leave to parts unknown and sends a letter to his mother with the picture of her, him as a baby, and Luke in front of the ice-cream store.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Avery was elected as the new D.A. with the implications of him and A.J.'s relationship improving in the future. But, Luke decides to leave to parts unknown and sends a letter to his mother with the picture of her, him as a baby, and Luke in front of the ice-cream store.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Luke was unaware he even had a son. [[spoiler:Becomes a permanent one when he is shot by Avery.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Avery, who mostly gets away with shooting (and killing) Luke first.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
** Robin has committed in the past, but never gets caught.
** [[spoiler: Avery, who mostly gets away with shooting (and killing) Luke first.]]
** Robin has committed in the past, but never gets caught.
** [[spoiler: Avery, who mostly gets away with shooting (and killing) Luke first.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Robin has the shortest amount of screen-time, but moves the plot along. First, he introduces Luke to doing thefts for money which would indirectly lead to [[spoiler:Luke's death]]. And after the TimeSkip, Robin shows Jason the picture of [[spoiler:his father's killer, Avery which leads to the climax.]]
* TimeSkip: A fifteen-year timeskip.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Romina is with Kofi, but still has feelings for Luke.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Romina is with Kofi, but still has feelings for Luke.Luke and even sleeps with him at one point.
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''The Place Beyond the Pines'' is a 2013 crime drama directed by [[Film/BlueValentine Derek Cianfrance]]. RyanGosling plays Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt driver in Upstate New York who gives up his carefree life on the state fair circuit after finding out that he fathered a child with a one-night-stand (Creator/EvaMendes). Unfortunately, the child's mother has moved on and started a new relationship, and Luke's desire to become a part of his child's life, and provide financially for him, leads to him embarking on a life of crime, robbing banks and escaping via his motorcycle.
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''The Place Beyond the Pines'' is a 2013 crime drama directed by [[Film/BlueValentine Derek Cianfrance]]. RyanGosling Creator/RyanGosling plays Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt driver in Upstate New York who gives up his carefree life on the state fair circuit after finding out that he fathered a child with a one-night-stand (Creator/EvaMendes). Unfortunately, the child's mother has moved on and started a new relationship, and Luke's desire to become a part of his child's life, and provide financially for him, leads to him embarking on a life of crime, robbing banks and escaping via his motorcycle.
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* TheAtoner: Avery. [[spoiler: After he kills Luke and unwittingly joins DeLuca and the other dirty cops in taking the stolen money from Romina, his conscience eventually gets the better of him. First, he tries to give his cut of the money back to Romina, but is rejected. Next, he brings the money to his superior, hoping to expose the corruption, only to find that his superior was well aware of the corruption and isn't going to do anything about it.]]
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* TheAtoner: Avery. [[spoiler: After he kills Luke and unwittingly joins DeLuca and the other dirty cops in taking the stolen money from Romina, his conscience eventually gets the better of him. First, he tries to give his cut of the money back to Romina, but is rejected. Next, he brings the money to his superior, hoping to expose the corruption, only to find that his superior was well aware of the corruption and isn't going to do anything about it.]] He then suspects his life is in danger, and provides information to the District Attorney that exposes DeLuca and his men in exchange for an Assistant D.A. position.]]
* ConsummateProfessional: Surprisingly, Robin. At least, as far as bank-robbing goes. He knows how to be cautious and not to get greedy. He also knows when to stop. In the end, after fifteen years, he is never arrested or even suspected of being involved.
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* FromBadToWorse: Luke's last bank robbery goes wrong in so many ways. [[spoiler: First, Robin dismantles his beloved motorbike, forcing him to buy a newer, less efficient one. As soon as he arrives at the bank, Luke realizes he forgot his sunglasses, leaving the tattoo near his eye exposed. Upon entering the bank, he discovers that there are now tall security barriers between him and the tellers (likely as a result of his previous robberies). Then the tellers keep having trouble tossing the bag of money over the barriers. When he finally gets outside, the bike won't start. By the time it does start, the police arrive and begin chasing him across town. Eventually, Luke gets a flat tire and wipes out, forcing him to invade some poor family's suburban home, where he gets shot and killed before he even has the chance to give himself up.]]
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* FromBadToWorse: Luke's last bank robbery goes wrong in so many ways. [[spoiler: First, Robin dismantles his beloved motorbike, forcing him to buy a newer, less efficient one. As soon as he arrives at the bank, Luke realizes he forgot his sunglasses, leaving the tattoo near his eye exposed. Upon entering the bank, entering, he discovers that there are now tall security barriers between him and the tellers (likely as a result of his previous robberies). Then the tellers keep having trouble tossing the bag of money over the barriers. When he finally gets outside, the bike won't start. By the time it does start, the police arrive and begin chasing him across town. Eventually, Then Luke gets a flat tire in the middle of the chase and wipes out, forcing him out. He's forced to invade some poor family's suburban home, where he gets shot and killed before he even has the chance to give himself up.]] ]]
* GuileHero: Avery, [[spoiler: by using the police corruption scandal in his precinct to bag himself an Assistant District Attorney's position.]] Though, given the way the he achieved this, one might consider him a ManipulativeBastard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Avery experiences this after killing Luke Glanton. The horrifying memory of his death, the fact that he may have shot him when he didn't have to, and the knowledge that he had an infant son as well all weighs heavily on Avery's mind.
* TooCleverByHalf: Invoked by the D.A., Bill Killcullen when Avery tries to shake his hand after [[spoiler: pressuring him into making him Assistant District Attorney by betraying his friend and fellow cop to expose police corruption in his department.]]
-->'''Killcullen:''' I'm not shaking your hand. I'll make you Assistant DA, but I won't shake your fucking hand. You're too smart for your own good.
* TroubledButCute: Luke Glanton, in a nutshell.
-->'''Killcullen:''' I'm not shaking your hand. I'll make you Assistant DA, but I won't shake your fucking hand. You're too smart for your own good.
* TroubledButCute: Luke Glanton, in a nutshell.
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* VillainProtagonist: Luke himself is a motorcycle rider and subsequently, a bank robber who pull off bank heists alongside Robin. [[spoiler:Though he is technically a DecoyProtagonist when he is killed off by Avery.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Luke himself is a motorcycle rider and subsequently, a bank robber who pull pulls off bank heists alongside Robin. [[spoiler:Though he is technically a DecoyProtagonist when he is killed off by Avery.]]
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: A lot of Luke's problems are a result of his acting on impulse.
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* TheAtoner: Avery. [[spoiler: After he kills Luke and unwittingly joins DeLuca and the other dirty cops in taking the stolen money from Romina, his conscience eventually gets the better of him. First, he tries to give his cut of the money back to Romina, but is rejected. Next, he brings the money to his superior, hoping to expose the corruption, only to find that his superior was well aware of the corruption and isn't going to do anything about it.]]
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* FromBadToWorse: Luke's last bank robbery goes wrong in so many ways. [[spoiler: First, Robin dismantles his beloved motorbike, forcing him to buy a newer, less efficient one. As soon as he arrives at the bank, Luke realizes he forgot his sunglasses, leaving the tattoo near his eye exposed. Upon entering the bank, he discovers that there are now tall security barriers between him and the tellers (likely as a result of his previous robberies). Then the tellers keep having trouble tossing the bag of money over the barriers. When he finally gets outside, the bike won't start. By the time it does start, the police arrive and begin chasing him across town. Eventually, Luke gets a flat tire and wipes out, forcing him to invade some poor family's suburban home, where he gets shot and killed before he even has the chance to give himself up.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Luke Glanton and Avery Cross. They are both deeply flawed men, who nevertheless mean well and want to provide for their loved ones.
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* NotSoDifferent: Luke and Avery. Avery even realizes this himself [[spoiler: after he kills Luke.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Romina is with Kofi, but still has feelings for Luke.
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''The Place Beyond the Pines'' is a 2013 crime drama directed by [[Film/BlueValentine Derek Cianfrance]]. RyanGosling plays Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt driver in Upstate New York who gives up his carefree life on the state fair circuit after finding out that he fathered a child with a one-night-stand (EvaMendes).(Creator/EvaMendes). Unfortunately, the child's mother has moved on and started a new relationship, and Luke's desire to become a part of his child's life, and provide financially for him, leads to him embarking on a life of crime, robbing banks and escaping via his motorcycle.
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* ClusterFBomb: Luke speaks almost entirely in shrill obsceneties while robbing banks, showing that he's hardly a pro at this sort of thing.
* DawsonCasting: Emory Cohen (22) and Dane [=DeHaan=] (25) played 16 year old highschoolers.
* DawsonCasting: Emory Cohen (22) and Dane [=DeHaan=] (25) played 16 year old highschoolers.
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* ClusterFBomb: Luke speaks almost entirely in shrill obsceneties obscenities while robbing banks, showing that he's hardly a pro at this sort of thing.
* DawsonCasting: Emory Cohen (22) and Dane [=DeHaan=] (25) played 16 year old highschoolers.thing.
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* TattooedCrook: Luke is covered in tattoos, most notably a creepy dagger dripping blood in the corner of his eye. His bank-robbing outfit is designed to cover up all of his distinguising tattoos.
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** Jason, arguably.
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Unfortunately for him, a rookie police named Avery Cross (played by Creator/BradleyCooper) shoots and kills Luke after Luke makes one last heist without his partner/mentor. The film then switches protagonists, as we follow Avery Cross as he struggles with the guilt of killing a fellow young father and the wholesale corruption of his local police department. Avery ultimately decides to burn his bridges with the department, exposing his corrupt colleagues and launching a new career for himself, as he becomes a prosecutor for the local DA's office.
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Unfortunately for him, a rookie police cop named Avery Cross (played by Creator/BradleyCooper) shoots and kills Luke after Luke makes one last heist without his partner/mentor. The film then switches protagonists, as we follow Avery Cross as he struggles with the guilt of killing a fellow young father and the wholesale corruption of his local police department. Avery ultimately decides to burn his bridges with the department, exposing his corrupt colleagues and launching a new career for himself, as he becomes a prosecutor for the local DA's office.
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** [[spoiler: Well to be fair, compare [[VillainProtagonist Luke]] to [[HeroAntagonist Avery]].]]
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* [[spoiler: HalfwayPlotSwitch]]: HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler: More like Thirdway Plot Switch, and another at the 2/3rds mark.]]
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[[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, a rookie police named Avery Cross (played by Creator/BradleyCooper) shoots and kills Luke after Luke makes one last heist without his partner/mentor. The film then switches protagonists, as we follow Avery Cross as he struggles with the guilt of killing a fellow young father and the wholesale corruption of his local police department. Avery ultimately decides to burn his bridges with the department, exposing his corrupt colleagues and launching a new career for himself, as he becomes a prosecutor for the local DA's office.]]
[[spoiler:It's at this point that the film AGAIN switches protagonists as move ahead about 16 years, as the film now focuses upon Avery Cross and Luke Glanton's children. Avery has divorced his wife and shunned his son, in order to focus on his career, campaigning for Attorney General of New York. Unfortunately, his son AJ has begun to rebel and do drugs, forcing Avery's dad to take him in hopes that he can keep his son out of trouble. AJ befriends Jason, Luke's son who like his dad is a motorcyclist and deeply resentful of his mom and stepdad, who have kept Jason utterly clueless about his biological father's identity. When the truth about their fathers is revealed to Jason, Avery must save his son and stop Jason from self-destructing like his dad did.]]
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It's at this point that the film AGAIN switches protagonists as move ahead about 16 years, as the film now focuses upon Avery Cross and Luke Glanton's children. Avery has divorced his wife and shunned his son, in order to focus on his career, campaigning for Attorney General of New York. Unfortunately, his son AJ has begun to rebel and do drugs, forcing Avery's dad to take him in hopes that he can keep his son out of trouble. AJ befriends Jason, Luke's son who like his dad is a motorcyclist and deeply resentful of his mom and stepdad, who have kept Jason utterly clueless about his biological father's identity. When the truth about their fathers is revealed to Jason, Avery must save his son and stop Jason from self-destructing like his dad
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* KnuckleTattoos: Luke has H-A-N-D tattooed onto the knuckles of his right hand.
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* KnuckleTattoos: Luke has H-A-N-D tattooed onto the knuckles of his right hand.hand and S-O-M-E on the left.