July 8th in Chicago, IL. Edgar Wright wrote and directed this action comedy that currently carries a 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating and has taken in $62 million through July 12th. Now, there's a lot to like about this film; great acting, awesome soundtrack, great action scenes, solid cast and it's heist film! However, a 96% rating is a bit high. I mean, that's a better rating than Heat for crying out loud! I guess I should blame millennials like everyone else.
Anyway, the film revolves around a twenty something named Baby and he's a driver. A really good getaway driver to be precise. Baby (Ansel Elgort), it's a code name, is currently residing in Atlanta and works part time for Doc, (Kevin Spacey) a guy who puts together teams to take down scores, where do these jobs exist? Is there a craigslist for the criminal underworld? He never uses the same combination twice but Baby is his driver of choice because Baby owes him a debt. Baby's parents were killed in a car crash and suffers from tinnitus as result. That's why he always wears headphones and listens to amazing tunes on his iPod (it's explained why he uses an iPod so relax).
The team for this 1st job consists of Buddy, Griff and Darling (Bernthal, Hamm and Eiza González respectively). With Baby behind the wheel and the fact that there's no traffic on I-75 in Atlanta at 0900 on weekday, the job goes off without a hitch. In between scores, Baby frequents a diner and falls for a waitress named Debora. Baby wastes little time and tells Debora she's beautiful and she's pretty much smitten with him.
Doc calls upon Baby for the "one more job" cliche. This team is a little more nervy than the last crew. This crew is led by Bats (Foxx), who is the kill them all and let god sort them out kind of guy; No-Nose (Flea) and JD. This job doesn't quite go off as planned but thanks to some sweet getaway driving by Baby, they getaway.
It turns out that despite paying off his debt to Doc, that wasn't Baby's last job. It's the old "one more job" cliche. So it's a given that things will go bad. Why will it go bad you ask? Because Bats is part of the team, he's unhinged remember, along with Buddy and Darling. Baby tries to get out and take Debora with him but that doesn't work and the job goes south. Deep south. In the melee after the job, the gang splits up and it turns into the shootout scene from Heat. Imagine that. From that point there's a few more cliches and I won't giveaway the ending.
Sure you have to suspend your disbelief at times and there's even Motown lip sync scenes but this a good film that's really fun to watch. It's a good time at the theater. It gets a little corny at times but the action scenes more than make up for it. My wife and I had a real good time.
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