Official
Australian release date: 13/7/17. Viewed: 5/7/17.
Director:
Edgar Wright
Actors:
Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm
Genre: Action
Rating:
MA
Edgar Wright’s first film that hasn’t
been styled as a comedy (and his first since ‘The World’s End’), ‘Baby Driver’
is a fast-paced crime caper, with plenty of car chases, action, gun fights and
a great soundtrack. There’s almost no score – basically every scene is set to a
song, starting with the first robbery (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), “Tequila”,
T. Rex, The Damned, “Easy” and Baby (Elgort)’s own mixes. Music is so important
to him, as he has tinnitus and uses an iPod to drown it out – and help him focus
on his getaway driving.
Baby is helping criminals get away with
robberies to pay back crime boss Doc (Spacey – always good), and the first crew
is Buddy (Hamm – great as the criminal with an almost-conscience), Darling
(Gonzalez – mostly just eye candy) and Griff (Bernthal – gruff). Then he falls
in love with Debora (James – cute), a waiter at an Atlanta diner and needs to
extricate himself from this shady world. This is made harder when Bats (Foxx –
crazy) gets involved and doesn’t like Baby always wearing earplugs.
The car chases are filmed/edited
magnificently, with the music adding urgency and tone where needed. Nowhere is
this more evident than the final scene, with Queen’s “Brighton Rock” (one of
their less famous songs) seamlessly complementing the visual. The stakes are high
for the final 30min and the ending is appropriate and not corny. There’s plenty
of style, but also substance, here.
Overall: Excellent heist/action film.
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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