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\"\"<\/a>Although I wasn\u2019t as head-over-heels for Baby Driver<\/em><\/strong> compared to some, a few even calling it subtle which this is not, this still is an entertaining time with a tried and oft successful plot and features some great car chases, the opening especially, and is worthy of a rental at the least.<\/p>\n

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Baby Driver<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Crime, Action, Musical
\nSony | R \u2013 112 min. \u2013 $34.99 | October 10, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/23\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Edgar Wright
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Edgar Wright (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Thai (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.7 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Note: <\/strong>This review contains plot SPOILERS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Edgar Wright has never really been a filmmaker I\u2019ve loved compared to others with films like Hot Fuzz<\/em>, Shaun of the Dead<\/em> and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/em> being good but nothing phenomenal. And Baby Driver<\/em><\/strong> is more of the same: an enjoyable enough flick that doesn\u2019t exactly live up to the praise from both the critics and audiences.<\/p>\n

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Baby Driver<\/em><\/strong> centers on a young, quiet and hot-shot getaway driver named, well, Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), who works for crime boss Doc (KEVIN SPACEY). We get a fantastic opening chase sequence as the crew \u2014 which includes Buddy (JON HAMM), Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) and Griff (JON BERNTHAL) \u2014 robbing a bank and must outrun a plethora of cops managing better skills of escape than in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift<\/em>. It\u2019s a job well done but as we discover, Doc takes most of Baby\u2019s cut as a repayment for stealing Doc\u2019s car a decade earlier… a car containing valuable product.<\/p>\n

Baby, should be noted, has some sort of mental condition where he needs music, pumped in through ear buds, in order to function due to a fatal car crash that killed both his mother and abusive\/aggressive father. This is why basically the entire film has such an diverse soundtrack with some admittedly great songs.<\/p>\n

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But his next job is to be his last job having paid his debt back. This one involves robbing a armored truck and has a new crew including Bats (JAMIE FOXX) a, as we find out later, clear psychopath who doesn\u2019t exactly like Baby. Well, the job doesn\u2019t go off as planned with one guard getting shot and a war veteran taking the law into his own hands and chasing down their getaway vehicle. But they do manage to avoid the cops in probably the second best chase sequence due to the clever way of escape.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, with Baby no longer dabbling in a life of crime (for now), he captures the attention of waitress Debora (LILY JAMES) as the pair have a love for music. Debora dreams of going west and not looking back, a dream Baby wants as well. But the past just won\u2019t let go, and the past being Doc, threatening Baby to do another job or else he and those he loves will be hurt.<\/p>\n

Alright, I\u2019ll start with what I didn\u2019t care for.<\/p>\n

First, outside of Ansel Elgort, the performances aren\u2019t anything special, though as is the case, Jon Hamm probably is the highlight of the supporting cast as the movie does liven up whenever he\u2019s on screen (and for a good chunk of the second act, he is absent). Eiza Gonzalez is beautiful but not much to the character; Jamie Foxx is more or less portraying a similar character as in Horrible Bosses<\/em> and Kevin Spacey appears on the bored side. Last, Lilly James has a bubbly personality to make the character believable enough and shares some contagious chemistry with Elgort.<\/p>\n

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Note #2: <\/strong>Seriously, I am getting into major SPOILERS <\/strong>now. So, skip if you have not already seen the movie. Please.<\/p>\n

Second, and speaking of Spacey\u2019s Doc character, I\u2019m not entirely sure why his character made a 180 degree turn and a throwaway line about it doesn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense. There was no set-up as to why Doc does what he does; in fact the character is utterly manipulative, if not downright dangerous, toward Baby. Compare that to Hamm\u2019s Buddy, they clearly foreshadowed his change. With Spacey? Not so much.<\/p>\n

Third, and we are getting into nitpick territory in a film that does go-over-the-top rather than any basis in reality, but the very end finds Baby getting arrested and gets sentenced to 25 years with the possibility of parole after 5. WTF? The guy was the driver to two felony robberies, one of which resulted in multiple murders, including cops. Maybe Georgia law is different, but normally someone involved in a murder during a robbery is just as guilty even if they did not fire or even varnish a gun. But we needed a happy ending after all.<\/p>\n

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So, now the good. As with Hot Fuzz<\/em>, Scott Pilgrim<\/em> and Shaun of the Dead<\/em> before it, the visual elements from Wright is amazing, even the opening credits have the lyrics \u201ctagged\u201d on the walls while Baby walks to and from getting coffee for the crew. The action and more specifically the car chases were well shot, a few kind of reminiscent of Ronin<\/em> and The Bourne Identity<\/em>. They\u2019re not only fast paced but the frenetic action was exciting and at times clever, if not a bit convenient in one respect.<\/p>\n

In the end, Baby Driver<\/em><\/strong> is no doubt a good movie with some well selected songs with scenes choreographed to them, but there were too many issues I had to classify it as some sort of masterpiece of filmmaking. But Ansel Elgort delivers a fine performance and as a whole it is well worth watching.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a slip cover<\/strong> and inside a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy. I have to say, the features list on the back cover might have a cool look, but it\u2019s really annoying when you try reading it… Just saying.<\/p>\n

There is a fair amount of features here:<\/p>\n

Audio Commentaries<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n