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After being coerced into working for a crime boss, Baby, a young getaway driver with tinnitus, takes part in a heist which seems doomed to fail, especially as the characters involved lose touch with reality as events spiral out of control. Writer/director Edgar Wright's Bafta-winning, music-themed action thriller, starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey and Jon Hamm

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Terry Staunton

In a revved-up reworking of traditional car chase and heist movies, Ansel Elgort stars as Baby, the barely-past-adolescence but whizzkid getaway driver for crime lord Kevin Spacey and his psychotic crew of thieves (Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal). It's a life Baby wants to leave behind for a loved-up future with perky waitress Lily James, after the obligatory "one last job" settles a past debt to the perma-scowling Spacey. Director Edgar Wright cut his teeth paying hilarious homage to pop culture on TV's Spaced and the big screen's Shaun of the Dead, but that fan-boy charm comes unstuck when there's a bigger box of toys on offer. The presence of a brace of Oscar winners in the cast is only an occasional distraction from the sense that we've seen it all before, and never quite so wink-to-the-audience smug at that. The bravura action sequences are undeniably well choreographed, accompanied by a constantly surprising and eclectic soundtrack (mostly filtered through Baby's ever-present iPod earphones), so it's a shame the disjointed plot of this fast and spurious jaunt frustrates at every corner taken in fifth gear.

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rolenameBabyAnsel ElgortDeboraLily JamesDocKevin SpaceyBatsJamie FoxxBuddyJon HammGriffJon BernthalDarlingEiza GonzálezEddieFlea Baby's momSky FerreiraJDLanny JoonThe ButcherPaul WilliamsCourtroom interpreterWalter HillJosephC J Jones

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rolenameDirectorEdgar Wright

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Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2017-06-28

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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