And in director David Leitch’s violent spy thriller Atomic Blonde – set in Europe right before the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall – there’s not only a vicious beating scored to “99 Luftballoons,” but a brutal melee involving Charlize Theron, gun-toting goons, and a length of rope that’s choreographed, brilliantly, to George Michael’s “Father Figure.” If that Inconvenient Truth sequel finds Al Gore showing slides of melting icebergs to the tune of Asia’s “Heat of the Moment,” we’ll definitely be in the midst of a trend.Ītomic Blonde’s bevy of period-appropriate tunes – everything from “Under Pressure” to “Voices Carry” to “Hungry Like the Wolf” – is the third-best reason to see this sleek, agreeably silly work adapted from Antony Johnston’s graphic-novel series The Coldest City. Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is overflowing with scenes edited in sync with its accompanying hit parade, none more memorable than the wild “Tequila” shoot-out that currently stands as the film’s year’s best musical number. Domestic box office may be comparatively down and aging franchises (and franchise stars) may be showing their whiskers, but if 2017’s movie summer is remembered for anything else, it may be for its habit of turning showcase action sequences into retro music videos.
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