Baby Driver

Baby Driver

Remember the 2011 Ryan Gosling film Drive about a baby faced stuntman getaway driver who didn't carry a gun, worked for a guy who masterminded heists, and could do just about anything with a four wheeled vehicle? If you loved the scene where Gosling slickly avoids the cops through high speed maneuvers set to a retro 70s/80s soundtrack, and wished there was an entire movie of that - Baby Driver is that film.

Plot wise, there is in fact nothing new here, the film is about a getaway driver doing that "one last job" before he quits to go straight. The driver is of course an expert at driving, and just about nothing else, and of course that one last heist predictably goes all wrong - putting said driver at odds not only with the law, but also the criminals he worked with. But it's not really the plot that makes Baby Driver so great, it's the awesome action sequences choreographed to the equally awesome soundtrack featuring some of the greatest underplayed R&B, Rock and Pop hits on the big screen. Just like martial arts films are all about the fighting, this one's all about the driving, and it's damn good; a standout even at a time in film history when there's an entire movie series, The Fast and the Furious films, devoted to nothing but car chases.

Baby Driver might not be the most memorable or noteworthy film, and might be forgotten ten years from now, but at the moment when the other options at your multiples are Despicable Me 3, Cars 3, and Transfomers #?, it's definitely the best bet.