Deborah Ross

Car trouble

Edgar Wright’s latest claims to reinvent the car-chase movie – but it doesn’t reinvent it nearly enough

issue 01 July 2017

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is an action, heist, car-chase film that is said to reinvent the action, heist, car-chase film. But as you can’t have an action, heist, car-chase film without action, heists and car chases, you may wish to ask yourself: how much do I like action, heist, car-chase films in the first instance? And that’s the bottom line, I suppose.

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