"He's a good kid and a devil behind the wheel."

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2018)

With all the hype that attended the original release of this film, I guess I expected something better. The film's not terrible by any means but there's not a whole lot of story to it and the actor portraying Baby Driver (Ansel Elgort) seemed out of his element in the picture. Come to think of it, I'd be rather resentful if people wanted to call me 'Baby' as a nickname, it has a pejorative feel to it as opposed to someone casually saying 'Hey, Baby'. Which is probably why all the thugs hired by Doc (Kevin Spacey) took an immediate dislike to the kid; he looked too young to be the kind of experienced getaway driver that the film called for. But the action driving sequences were well staged, even though there probably should have been more of them given the fast car genre this picture falls into. Also, if I had my way, I wouldn't have led off the picture with the best stunts. There was one maneuver that looked outrageous that I'd find hard trying to describe, but if you've seen the picture you can probably narrow it down. I think I would also have opted for a single, intricately plotted heist at the center of the story, but since it wasn't my call, you have to take what you get.