Baby Driver Film Review

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2017)

The new action thriller film Baby Driver starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx.
In Baby Driver a talented, young getaway driver called Baby (American actor Ansel Elgort - Divergent films, The Fault In Our Stars) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack from his own iPod to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams Debora (English actress Lily James - UK TV Series Downton Abbey, Cinderella 2015), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss Doc (American actor Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects, Seven), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Amongst the other actors / actresses in Baby Driver includes American actor Jon Bernthal (Sicario, The Wolf Of Wall Street) as Griff, American actor Jon Hamm (US TV Series Mad Men, Keeping Up With The Joneses) as Buddy, Mexican actress Eiza González (US TV Series From Dusk Till Dawn) as Darling Buddy's girlfriend, American actor Micah Howard as Barista, CJ Jones as Joseph a deaf man who Baby lives with and looks after, American actress Sky Ferreira (Elvis & Nixon, The Green Inferno) as Baby's Mom, American actor Lance Palmer as Baby's Dad, Hudson Meek (90 Minutes In Heaven) as Young Baby, American actor Hal Whiteside (Misfortune) as Cook, Australian actor and Red Hot Chili Peppers Bassist Flea (Back To The Future films, My Own Private Idaho) as Eddie, Lanny Joon (Black Gold, Black November) as JD, American actor Jamie Foxx (Ray, Django Unchained) as Bats, Brogan Hall (Cold In July) as Samm Doc's little nephew, R. Marcos Taylor (Straight Outta Compton, US Marvel TV Series Luke Cage) as Armie, American actor and singer Paul Williams (Smokey And The Bandit films, Georgia Rule) as The Butcher and Wilbur Fitzgerald (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Founder) as a Judge.
Filming locations in Baby Driver includes places in America like Atlanta, Georgia where the 1996 Olympics took place, Dunwoody, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Overall Baby Driver is a great action thriller film filled with action, shooting, violence, car chases, chases on foot, guns, cool cars, explosions, robberies, criminals, cool catchy music, flashbacks, lots of money, highway roads, some funny moments, tongue and cheek stuff, team work, togetherness, loyalty, betrayal, friendship, family, on the edge of your seat stuff, some close shaves, some near misses, love, fall outs, arguments, sign language, cops, banks, postal offices, swearing and many other things throughout the film.
So I will give Baby Driver an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars and Baby Driver is worth seeing if you like action thriller films like the Bad Boys films, Gone In 60 Seconds, Face/Off, Spy, The Fast And The Furious films, The Mechanic films, The Transporter films, Ronin, Drive, Deathproof, Bullitt amongst others.
So if you get the chance to see Baby Driver in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.