Perfect Blend Of Action & Music

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2017)

I saw "Baby Driver", starring Ansel Elgort-The Divergent movies, The Fault in Our Stars; Kevin Spacey-House of Cards_tv, The Horrible Bosses movies; Jon Hamm-Keeping Up With the Joneses, Sucker Punch; Lily James- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Cinderella_2015 and Jamie Foxx-The Horrible Bosses movies, Miami Vice_2006.
This is a heist movie that has the perfect blend of action and music. It's directed by Edgar Wright, who also directed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, just to name a few. Ansel plays a getaway driver with some serious skills-and I must mention that all the car chase sequences are real and do not contain any CGI or green screen effects. Ansel was in a car accident as a child and has Tinnitus-ringing in the ears-so he constantly plays music on his I-Pod. Kevin is a crime boss that uses Ansel's skills to pull off his highly successful heists. And Kevin never uses the same group of people on a job, except for Ansel. Jon and Jamie play some of the accomplices in the robberies. Lily is a waitress that Ansel falls for and he wants to get out of the business and run away with her but Kevin keeps him busy-Ansel owes Kevin money and is trying to pay it off. The music is not just background filler, either. It seems to fit perfectly with what is happening on screen. There was a lot of good music-I remember hearing The Beach Boys, Golden Earring, Focus, T. Rex, Simon & Garfunkel, Barry White, Sam & Dave and Queen. There is also a few cameos, including Flea and Paul Williams. It's rated "R" for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 53 minutes. I really enjoyed this one and would buy it on Blu-Ray.