Baby Driver - A Unique and Stylish Getaway Driver Story

Few days after this movie premiered in Indonesia, I finally got the chance to see it yesterday after one of our weekend staycation in Serpong area (more on that in my wife's blog). We did plan to see the film then but due to various locations we visited, we decided it would be best to just see this when we were back in Jakarta. Though our favorite seats have been taken for the 2.45 PM show, we thought that waiting for the 5PM show would not be a good idea, seeing that we were both rather tired and wanted to take a rest in the evening. So off we went and saw this at Setiabudi. Now let us get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

A young man nicknamed Baby (Ansel Elgort - The Divergent series, The Fault in Our Stars etc) was working as a getaway driver together with a crew of 3 robbers. The crew was working for a boss called "Doc" (Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns etc). Baby was a very excellent driver who was able to escape from the police chase using his expertise. His unique way of driving was to always listen to music and follow the rhythm of the songs. It would be revealed later on the reason of his unique habit as he almost never took out the earphones from his ears.

Overdrive - A Lighter Version of Fast and Furious Series

On Wednesday, there was a new movie playing in Cinema 21 chain which was about heist of antique sports car. Sound interesting right? So despite not seeing it in the list of summer blockbuster movie of 2017, I decided that it would be nice to see this one in the theater. I was unable to watch this one on the premiere date and I was not even sure if I can make it yesterday due to the heavy traffic. But it turned out that it was lighter than usual and I arrived quite in time to buy the ticket, have some dinner and see the 7.15 PM show. This time my wife was not able to accompany me as she had food tasting event. Now let us get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Andrew Foster (Scott Eastwood - The Fate of the Furious, Suicide Squad etc) and his half brother Garret (Freddie Thorpe - The Head Hunter) were a pair of professional car thieves. They were quite notorious for stealing exotic antique cars all across Europe. One day they managed to steal a classic 1937 Bugatti sedan through quite awesome stunts in the roads of France. Andrew had a girlfriend named Stephanie (Ana de Armas - Knock Knock, Hands of Stone etc) who seemed to be always worried about Andrew's job.

The Fate of The Furious - Another Nonstop Action Movie and the Latest Installment of the Series

This is one of the must see movie of the year for me and my wife which was announced to be premiering on 12 April 2017. Due to the hype that the movie was having, all cinema chains in Indonesia informed that we could purchase the tickets in advance starting from 8 April. My wife and I immediately decided to see it on its first day. However, due to a seminar that I had to attend to on that day, I was worried that I could not make it to the 6 or 6.30PM shows in our favorite theaters. So we opted to buy the 9.15PM show in the cinema nearest to our place which would take least time for us to go home. Well now, why don't we go to the movie itself?

Brief Story Line

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel - Riddick series, xXx and many others) were having his honeymoon with his wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez - Machete Kills, Smurfs: The Lost Village etc) in Cuba. There, Dom met with a mysterious lady whom later on revealed to be called Cipher (Charlize Theron - The Devil's Advocate, Mad Max: Fury Road etc). She was able to convince Dom to help her doing something bad.