Fast and the Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw: Clash of the Bald Guys

Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw is a spin-off of the Fast and Furious franchise. It takes place after The Fate of the Furious and features Luke Hobbs played by Dwayne Johnson and Deckard Shaw played by Jason Statham. Their chemistry in the previous movie spend this spin off featuring both characters and it did very well. The characters work well off each other.

So there’s some man made virus that was stolen and it’s up to Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw to get it back. They find out from their governments that they have to work together and protest highly. There’s a British agent Hattie Shaw played by Vanessa Kirby and she holds her own. She kicks butt and is a great lead female character. She is smart and quick on her feet.

The villain named Brixton is played by Idris Elba. He is a former black ops teammate of Shaw and was thought dead. He works for a cyber group with a electronic voice calling the shots. Brixton is genetically enhanced and has a transforming motorcycle. This leads to so pretty good action sequences and slow motion. David Leitch directed Hobbs and Shaw and has previously directed Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde. The action scenes a slick and easy to follow. There a lot of good hand to hand combat scenes as well. Both Hobbs and Shaw each get to showcase their talents and fighting styles.

They show the scientist who made the virus played by Eddie Marsan. He gets kidnapped and beat up throughout the movie but he gets his payback. It’s rare to see the smart or scientist character have a payoff. The head of the tech group has a past with Hobbs and may be revealed in a future movie. That only gets the fans excited for that future payoff. While Hobbs and Shaw isn’t the most groundbreaking movie it’s a fun action movie with good chemistry from its main characters, fun action sequences and a ridiculous plot that fits in the franchise. Any fast and furious fan should enjoy this movie. 🍔🍔🍔