10 Most Intense Car Chases In Movie History
5. Baby Driver
Baby Driver was every bit as slick and stylish as Edgar Wright desired it to be. Few other films show off just how integral a good driver is to pulling off expert crimes, and even fewer have as killer a soundtrack as Wright's masterpiece.
Choosing to keep us in the car with a naive, miming Ansel Elgort initially keeps everything up-beat and innocent, making the shift to high-octane chase all that more impactful. What follows is an ingenious chase, with Baby taking his own unique route through the city and always having some sort of answer for the ever-increasing number of police cars at his heels.
Whether it's the infamous hand-brake spin around the parked caravan, tricking the police chopper on the highway by matching speed with other similar cars, or hitting a spike-rig at just the right angle that it busts the tires of the cops, Elgort displays a control over his vehicle few movie characters have matched.
Being choreographed with precision to the escalating bass solos of Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion's 'Bellbottoms' keeps the pace feeling highly strung, maintaining this thrill ride right to its very end.