Key kit used for this test: Samsung UE65KS9800, Oppo 203 4K Blu-ray player, Panasonic UB900 4K Blu-ray player
What you get: The 4K Blu-ray, a region A/B/C HD Blu-ray, a digital HD download code.Įxtra Features: Two commentary tracks: one by Wright alone, and one by Wright and Director of Photographer Bill Pope 10 deleted and extended scenes ‘a 45-minute making of’ documentary series of the hand-drawn animatics used to plan the action scenes various featurettes on auditioning the actors storyboards costume design stunt work, music choices, choreography and editing. Photo: Baby Driver, Sony/Columbia PicturesĮven by then, though, the film has already delivered more guile and fun than the majority of recent sequels and (non-Marvel Studios) superhero films put together. And even as a fan I’d have to say that the final third runs out of steam a bit, as if Wright doesn’t quite know where to take his initial ‘car chase to music’ concept.Ī motley crew. If you’re looking for another Heat, in other words, this is not it.Īlso, the tension of the last section is built on of those horribly improbable coincidences usually only associated with far less polished scripts. It’s as much a ‘pure cinema’ visual and audio experience as it is a story.
Its unusual approach to editing and alliance of (cunningly slightly twisted) heist movie character tropes with Wright’s off-beat sensibilities make it quite a self-conscious film. It hurtles along at breakneck speed, blending larger than life characters and dialogue with brilliantly executed car chases/shoot-outs and an unerring sense of cool.īaby Driver can, it seems, be divisive. Driven (appropriately enough) by its pulsating soundtrack to the extent that chunks of the film are actually edited around the each track’s beat, Baby Driver is a glorious adrenaline rush.