After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. Doc forces Baby, a former getaway driver, to partake in a heist, threatening to hurt his girlfriend if he refuses. But the plan goes awry when their arms dealers turn out to be undercover officers. Coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love, and freedom. Baby Driver is a 2017 action thriller film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime.