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Film Review - Baby Driver
4 years ago
Baby Driver is the film Drive, but good.
I saw Drive a while back, after hearing it was the inspiration for the game Hotline Miami. I found that film to be disappointing, with the things I liked about Hotline Miami barely being present, and the general hype around the film being over blown.
Baby Driver is a film I heard nothing about until I asked my brother about it, and found to be entertaining despite low expectations.
The plot of Baby Driver is basically the same as Drive, albeit with a more lighthearted tone. Baby is a getaway driver, he falls in love and tries to get out of the crime business, only for things to go sideways and fight his way out.
Unlike Drive, Baby Driver delivers the car chase goods early on, and some decent action later on. The film is colourful, lighthearted, and quirky, but it never gets annoying. It also knows when to stop joking around and take things seriously, or at least seriously enough that it doesn't undermine the darker moments.
The cast is a who's who of "hey, I know that guy from something!", and they do a good job with the characters they're given.
There are a couple of slow moments in the middle involving the romance plot, and much of the final third leaves a bad taste in my mouth due to questionable motives I can't really go into without spoilers. One I can mention is a guy who likes killing people for no reason, even killing a cashier at a petrol station and stealing bubblegum because he didn't want to pay for it. Someone like that would obviously be a hindrance to a highly detailed heist, but they keep him around anyway.
Overall. I liked Baby Driver.
I saw Drive a while back, after hearing it was the inspiration for the game Hotline Miami. I found that film to be disappointing, with the things I liked about Hotline Miami barely being present, and the general hype around the film being over blown.
Baby Driver is a film I heard nothing about until I asked my brother about it, and found to be entertaining despite low expectations.
The plot of Baby Driver is basically the same as Drive, albeit with a more lighthearted tone. Baby is a getaway driver, he falls in love and tries to get out of the crime business, only for things to go sideways and fight his way out.
Unlike Drive, Baby Driver delivers the car chase goods early on, and some decent action later on. The film is colourful, lighthearted, and quirky, but it never gets annoying. It also knows when to stop joking around and take things seriously, or at least seriously enough that it doesn't undermine the darker moments.
The cast is a who's who of "hey, I know that guy from something!", and they do a good job with the characters they're given.
There are a couple of slow moments in the middle involving the romance plot, and much of the final third leaves a bad taste in my mouth due to questionable motives I can't really go into without spoilers. One I can mention is a guy who likes killing people for no reason, even killing a cashier at a petrol station and stealing bubblegum because he didn't want to pay for it. Someone like that would obviously be a hindrance to a highly detailed heist, but they keep him around anyway.
Overall. I liked Baby Driver.
