And once upon a pair of wheels, I hit the road and I'm gone

Rating: 8/10 (30 July 2017)

I thought this was a very fun, high paced action-comedy film. The use of music was great. And I don't just mean soundtrack. The way it was filmed and edited perfectly matched the beats of the songs that were playing. The story is pretty straight forward. Its not something we haven't seen before. Nice guy gets caught up in the wrong crowd, tries to get out and things go sour. But what I think makes this one stand out and be different, is how stylistic it is. There's a certain flair to it. The editing is great (I already mentioned with the use of music, but even with transition shots, and the car chase scene at the beginning in particular was awesome). The direction is great. And there are some funny moments and quips in there as well.
Now if I had to get nitpicky, I'd say that I thought the 3rd act gets a little ridiculous at times. It kind of gets turned into a revenge story (which don't get me wrong, I understand Buddy's motives)but having him show up in a cop car mowing people down (not too mention how he somehow knew where they would show up), and Baby and Debora somehow managing to switch cars without him noticing in a freaking parking lot to "surprise him" or the fakeout death scene for instance was just over the top. Like the crazy dial was turned up to 100. And its not that it was bad. There was some good action, in particular I quite enjoyed the scene where Buddy is trying to ram Baby down and Baby parkours over the car. It was an awesome shot. I just would have preferred if the overall 3rd act was toned down somewhat. My other problem with the third act is some of the character motivations. I don't feel like they really established Baby and Debora's relationship enough to make me believe that she would just drop everything at the drop of hat for this guy (especially after witnessing him shoot people, steal cars etc). I didn't feel like it made sense that Doc would suddenly decide to help Baby just because Debora shows up. I mean we are talking about a character who had zero problems having other people killed, and threatening Baby before. It just felt like a sudden 180 for that character.
But besides those few detractors, it was honestly a fun film that kicks ass.