Bananas......

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2017)

Getaway driver Baby, relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game.
After meeting Debora, the woman of his dreams, he sees a chance to ditch his shady lifestyle and make a clean break.
Forced into working for crime boss Doc, Baby must face the music as a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom......
As well as being the single most original film to be made for a mainstream audience in years. As well as being slotted firmly in the action genre, this could also be classed as a non-diegetic musical, because almost every frame of film consists of a song that is suitable for the events that are taking place in the film.
Wright doesn't follow an atypical approach to the narrative, and at times, the film can appear to be hyperactive, almost like an anthology piece, but this only adds to the uniqueness of it all.
Wright uses gunfire, footsteps, gun loading and finger tapping to accompany the music, and whilst in someone else's hands, this could potentially ruin the momentum of the film, Wright effortlessly melds Diegesis and non Diegesis into something that is borderline genius.
Strangely, the film does remind me somewhat of La La Land, with the opening almost dance like, with the smogs lyrics strewn about the set, and the colour coded choreography when the couple are in the Launderette, is almost dreamlike in its presentation.
Foxx is a wonderful presence in this film, and after the awful 'Sleepless' just goes to show that he is award worthy, and injects some menace into his role. Hamm too is pretty menacing, but becomes a little too 'end of level bad guy' in the final act.
Spacey is as Spacey does, he simply oozes cool with his lines, and he adds something to the film that others possibly couldn't.
In fact, apart the main couple, this film features one of the most menacing cast of characters in a film I've seen in a long time. Because they are not predictable, they are spontaneous, and I don't think its coincidence that you feel like Baby is in grave danger throughout the film.
It's so refreshing for a studio to show trust in something so left field, and hopefully the success of this will open the gates for more original films to be mainstream.