Storyline
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Cast: Ansel Elgort -
Baby
Jon Bernthal -
Griff
Jon Hamm -
Buddy
Eiza González -
Darling
Micah Howard -
Barista
Lily James -
Debora
Morgan Brown -
Street Preacher
Kevin Spacey -
Doc
Morse Diggs -
Morse Diggs
CJ Jones -
Joseph
Sky Ferreira -
Baby's Mom
Lance Palmer -
Baby's Dad
Hudson Meek -
Young Baby
Viviana Chavez -
Diner Waitress
Hal Whiteside -
Cook
Trivia: Michael Douglas was considered for the role of Doc. Edgar Wright was responsible for his casting as Hank Pym in Ant-Man (2015) before he left the project. See more »
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Rating: 8/10
Edgar Wright is known to deliver, if nothing at all, very entertaining
films. Baby Driver is no exception. With an all star cast including
Ansol Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Lilly James, Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey, Baby
Driver not only is an extremely well cast and choreographed film, it
just might be the best film of Edgar Wright's career. Telling the story
of a young man named Baby, who is a professional getaway driver who
needs music in order to complete his jobs, as he navigates through the
criminal underworld. When he takes a risky job for a mysterious
gangster (played by Kevin Spacey), he finds himself on the run after
things go horribly wrong. With his girl by his side and his music in
his hands, Baby must use his specific skillset to get out of the
underworld.
Before anyone says it, yes, this film plays like a less serious Drive.
The storyline is not what is supposed to stand out here, the incredible
direction under Edgar Wright and the great central performance from
Ansol Elgort are definitely the stand outs here. Granted, I doubt that
Elgort would have been able to deliver such a great performance without
the amazing supporting cast that Wright wrangles up, but he ends up
giving a great performance here as Baby. The rest of the cast is more
or less there for name recognition only as none of them go above and
beyond in their performance.
Despite this, the cast are mere pawns in Edgar Wright's brilliant film.
The real stars of Baby Driver are the stunt teams. These car chases are
finally something new. With the incredible automobile warfare that the
Fast and Furious franchise has given us for decades, it was nice to see
a film embrace a smaller scale of car chase. It is real, exhilarating
and downright perfect for this film. Truthfully, the car chase
sequences here are some of the best that I've seen since Refn's Drive
but that's just me. Speaking of Drive, how could I forget Wright's
amazing choice of soundtrack. The soundtrack is about just as great as
the stunt team's work on this film. This is very much in the vein of
Scott Pilgrim as far as soundtrack is concerned and is bound to be a
hit come time for the film to premiere in its wide release.
Overall, Edgar Wright delivers an action movie with a flawed perfection
to it. The story is paper thin, the acting is passable (except for
Ansol Elgort, who is terrific), but the action sequences and soundtrack
are amazing. These two components are more than enough reasons to go
see this film.
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