I was talked into going to this with a friend who liked it being advertised as a Fast and Furious-style action comedy.
What I got was the most glorious music video I've ever seen. Now, I should start with the fact that I love me an action movie. Give me a cool fight scene and I'll love a film. Considering I managed to like Hardcore Henry and Assassin's Creed despite their many, many faults, I found this movie uniquely awesome.
Baby only kills one person directly, and in self-defense no less. Baby himself is a cute, fun character to follow around and the movie never lets you forget. While Debora's somewhat by the numbers and Doc's inconsistent, it makes up for it with having some cool villains like Bats. Or Buddy, come the climax.
As for the action? Whereas most good action films like John Wick rack up massive bodycounts, Baby Driver is very unique with its car-based and parkour-styled action sequences. It doesn't come off as boring or by-the-numbers ever, and it's fun to watch.
That said, Baby, much as I like him, definitely falls heavily into Designated Hero territory for me, Debora is seriously by-the-numbers, if likeable, and Doc's personality switches from wanting to kill Baby's loved ones to loving Baby like a son. Nevertheless, I loved it quite a bit.
Was he slow? No.
I was talked into going to this with a friend who liked it being advertised as a Fast and Furious-style action comedy.
What I got was the most glorious music video I've ever seen. Now, I should start with the fact that I love me an action movie. Give me a cool fight scene and I'll love a film. Considering I managed to like Hardcore Henry and Assassin's Creed despite their many, many faults, I found this movie uniquely awesome.
Baby only kills one person directly, and in self-defense no less. Baby himself is a cute, fun character to follow around and the movie never lets you forget. While Debora's somewhat by the numbers and Doc's inconsistent, it makes up for it with having some cool villains like Bats. Or Buddy, come the climax.
As for the action? Whereas most good action films like John Wick rack up massive bodycounts, Baby Driver is very unique with its car-based and parkour-styled action sequences. It doesn't come off as boring or by-the-numbers ever, and it's fun to watch.
That said, Baby, much as I like him, definitely falls heavily into Designated Hero territory for me, Debora is seriously by-the-numbers, if likeable, and Doc's personality switches from wanting to kill Baby's loved ones to loving Baby like a son. Nevertheless, I loved it quite a bit.
Rating: 9.5/10.