Revisited - Baby Driver (2017)

This isn't the first Edgar Wright directed film I have covered on Revisited and surely it won't be the last. Edgar Wright is by far one of the more talented and creative directors of our times with his ways of transitioning and unique brand of humor as well as his blend of music and cinema in his films. All those iconic elements of his play a role in this film, however, none more than his way of integrating music in a film. Baby, the character, has to play music to focus and drown out the ringing in his ear from an accident he had when he was well a baby. The music isn't just any song, but one that choreographs the action around Baby and almost gives him a guide map of what to do. The action scenes plays out almost like an intense adrenaline filled music video and well if that hasn't sold you yet, I don't know what will honestly.

Another thing that Edgar Wright does so well is having very colorful and interesting characters to fill his world. From movies like Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, or Shaun of the Dead, they all contain an illustrious cast. Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, and Ansel Elgort all give great performances and they all individually make their characters come alive in their own ways. I can't pick a favorite for they all have a moment or scene which they individually own a scene that makes you say "wow". Whether it be Jamie Foxx telling Baby to drive, Jon Hamm in the diner ready to take away Baby's true love, or Baby in any of his driving sequences. Hell, even the background characters are great like Baby's foster father Joseph, who is just a great character on it's own. Baby Driver is a movie even if I described it, you still wouldn't get it, you simply just need to watch it.

Baby is a getaway driver in Atlanta. As a child, he survived a car crash that killed his parents and left him with tinnitus, and finds catharsis in music. Baby ferries crews of robbers assembled by Doc, a criminal mastermind, to pay off a debt as recompense for a stolen car. Between jobs, he remixes snippets of recorded conversations and cares for his deaf foster father Joseph. At Bo's Diner, he meets a waitress named Debora, and they start dating.

Baby's next robbery goes awry after an armed bystander chases them down, but Baby evades him and the police. Having paid his debt, Baby quits his life of crime and starts delivering pizzas. Doc interrupts Baby's date with Debora and insists he join a post-office heist, threatening to hurt Debora and Joseph should he refuse.

The crew consists of easygoing Buddy, his sharpshooter wife Darling, and trigger-happy Bats, who takes a dislike to Baby. While the crew attempts to purchase illegal arms at a rendezvous, Bats recognizes one of the dealers as undercover police and opens fire. They kill most of the dealers. Afterward, Bats makes Baby stop at Debora's diner, unaware of Baby and Debora's romance. Baby, aware of Bats' homicidal habit, stops him from killing her to avoid paying.Doc is furious, revealing that the dealers were dirty cops on his payroll. He decides to cancel the heist, but Bats, Buddy and Darling disagree. Doc lets Baby decide; he chooses to go through with it. Baby attempts to slip away late that night, hoping to take Debora and leave Atlanta. He is stopped by Buddy and Bats, who have discovered his recordings and believe he is an informant; when they and Doc hear his mixtapes, they are convinced of his innocence.

During the heist, Bats kills a security guard. Disgusted, Baby refuses to drive away, causing Bats to hit him. Baby rams the car into a rebar which impales Bats, killing him. The three flee on foot. After the police kill Darling in a shootout, Buddy blames Baby for her death and vows to kill him. Baby steals a car and flees to his apartment. After leaving Joseph at an assisted living home with his heist earnings, Baby rushes to Bo's for Debora, where Buddy is waiting. Baby shoots Buddy and flees with Debora as police reinforcements swarm the restaurant.

At the safe house, Doc refuses Baby's pleas for help, but relents when he sees Debora consoling him. Doc supplies them with cash and an escape route out of the country. The police confront the three in the parking garage, but Doc kills them all. Buddy ambushes them with a stolen police car and kills Doc. A cat-and-mouse game ensues until Buddy has Baby at his mercy. He shoots next to both Baby's ears, bursting his ear-drums and deafening him, but the distraction allows Debora to subdue Buddy with a crowbar. After Baby shoots him in the leg, Buddy falls to his death. Baby surrenders after he and Debora encounter a police roadblock. At Baby's trial, Joseph, Debora, and other individuals Baby randomly helped testify in his defense. He is sentenced to 25 years in prison, with a parole hearing after five. Debora stays in contact with Baby during his incarceration, and once he is released, she waits for him in a new car as the two are reunited.

Baby Driver is a very unique movie out of the superhero powered hollywood. A funny fact is that Edgar Wright was supposed to direct Ant-Man, but due to creative differences didn't and made this beautiful film. Edgar Wright has become one of my favorite directors as of late alongside Christopher Nolan, Taika Watiti, Quentin Tarantino, and Damien Chazelle to name a few. Each of those directors in my opinion are all good in their own individual way and so is Edgar Wright. He is great at what he does and showcases that in this film. Baby Driver took him years to develop and man was it worth the wait. So go out there and watch the film, you wont be disappointed. This has been Revisited, thanks for reading. Ricardo signing off.