To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure how good this film would be. The trailer did intrigue me with a good cast (including Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm and Jon Bernthal to name a few), good music and with Edgar Wright (known for Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) at its helm but it just seemed to be another heist movie.

The film however, was full of thrilling action scenes, comedy, violence and a plot which keeps you glued to the screen. Ansel Elgort is Baby, a young getaway driver who finds himself in a series of violent heists; in the company of some of the most dangerous criminals around. Needing music in order to complete his work, the audience are granted an insight into the life of the odd character from his tragic back story to his home life to the romance that blossoms with young waitress Debora (played by Lily James). Obviously, it is inherently violent which is no surprise considering the director but it is not pointless violence, it is all backed up with motive and reasoning (nothing like say The Expendables).

Left to right, Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm

Following the direction of an influential gangster (Kevin Spacey) every scene is tense and full of suspense (accidental rhyming there) accompanied by a killer soundtrack. After a heist goes wrong, Baby is made to go on the run. Running from the police, running from his criminal-associative past and from criminals who he worked with. Although Elgort plays the character brilliantly, I feel that without the fantastic supporting cast and direction of Wright, the film would not have been as good.

A notable and extraordinary feature of the film, is that there was no CGI or green screen used throughout it, with all of the driving sequences being done by stunt men. This creative choice separates the film to many of the CG reliant productions that we now see in Hollywood, adding to the authenticity of the motion picture.

In spite of the fact that it is undeniably brilliantly choreographed, it does share similar action/heist attributes to features of the same genre preceding it. Reminding me of Oceans Eleven, Baby Driver allows time for the audience to connect with each character instead of brushing it off and replacing it with action heavy scenes.

Overall, the film is brilliant. I was happily surprised with what I saw and would recommend this to everyone as it has something for everyone.