Could have gone "True Romance", drifted to bland instead

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2017)

Starts off as a heist movie, not a realistic one (they rarely are), but intriguing nonetheless. "Baby" driver has got über-human driving capabilities - and I was fine with that, because he is not another bland Jason Statham type. You see, he's got a thing: he always listens to music. And it's not only so that the movie can include a great soundtrack, it is explained later on.
This leads to some great scenes in the beginning of the movie: Quick cuts timed to the beat of his songs, plus an elaborate one-take while he is swinging through the streets. At this point I thought: This looks great, it actually has a style.
We learn a bit about his past, he connects with a girl, who is also a bit of a music nerd. There was quirkiness and the potential to make this a "True Romance"-like action heist movie. But instead it fails to develop an interesting story: We see some more heist planning (not even interesting MacGuffins they are chasing) and it gets quite boring at the half mark.
Baby forms his own plan (sort of) to get out of this business and to be free with the girl. From his perspective this makes sense. But the girl's decision to be with a criminal is not believable. Make some sense out of it, movie! For example: Maybe she has also a past she needs to leave behind her. Give her a bit of backstory. Give her a bigger role: Maybe she has to be at point x and bring a car or something, because they want to escape together, but then everything goes wrong with their plan. Tension? Stakes? Maybe insert a little twist here?
But instead, there is only a lot of action and chases, which doesn't culminate into anything to remember. The script comes close to the brink of a standoff situation and could have used a Tarantino- esque escalation scene. But nope.
Most characters were annoying, especially Jamie Foxx. There is a little moment with Kevin Spacey's character where he has a change of hearts in the end - and it doesn't make much sense.