Car Movies We Dig: "Baby Driver"

Car Movies We Dig: “Baby Driver”

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 10: A billboard promoting the new movie "Baby Driver" is viewed above a McDonald's restaurant in Times Square on June 10, 2017 in New York, New York. With a full schedule of conventions and major sporting events taking place around the island of Manhattan each week, millions of global visitors will converge on New York City this year. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) /

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JULY 26: Actor Ansel Elgort attends the “Baby Driver” Mexico City premier at Cinemex Antara Polanco on July 26, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Victor Chavez/Getty Images) /

Who is the better wheelman, Baby or The Driver?

In a previous post I reviewed the 1978 car chase flick, “The Driver”. I recommend reading that post but if you’re pressed for time Ryan O’Neal stars as The Driver, the top get away driver in the business and hot commodity in the L.A. crime scene.

The plots are very similar and “Baby Driver writer and director, Edgar Wright, has been open about the influence of “The Driver” on his work.

“…I had to make a movie called Baby Driver just to prove to you (Walter Hill, writer and director of “The Driver”) that The Driver is influential.” – Edgar Wright

I broached the subject before and I stand by my previous assertion that The Driver is superior wheelman. I watched “Baby Driver” before writing this article and yes Baby is a top end wheelman but he has superior equipment.

Also, Baby has a conscious. It’s commendable to have ethics when you are criminal, and kind of contradictory, but if I was hiring wheelman for a nefarious scheme I’d want the driver that would push the limits to get the job done.

The Driver would and I don’t think Baby could do that.

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