Besides fast cars, guns, and the fascinating underbelly of London and Los Angeles, “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw” offers a story about family. This fun, fast-paced adrenaline-fueled action-comedy is a whole-package entertainment one could ever imagine.
This post might contain spoilers and my personal opinion. Reader discretion is advised.
Just like most movies within the genre, “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw” has a straight-forward storyline, upbeat soundtrack, exciting action, beautiful people, bombs, and futuristic technology. It’s best to turn your habit of over analysing things down and just have fun watching this film.
This movie follows the story of an American agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) who’s forced to cooperate with a former British military elite operative Shaw (Jason Statham) hunting a presumably rogue MI6 agent Hattie (Vanessa Kirby), who happens to be Shaw’s sister.
Hattie was tasked to guard and transport a lethal virus which was engineered to kill mankind “by melting their internal organs” when a supervillain Brixton (Idris Elba) stopped her and kill other MI6 agents. To prevent the virus from falling into a bad guy’s hand, Hattie took the virus herself. Having fled the crime scene with the virus and leaving many MI6 agents down, Hattie was framed as a rogue agent.
Everyone knows anyone in this movie. Since the opening scene, Hobbs and Shaw are shown as sworn enemies, Hattie is Shaw’s sister, and Shaw shot Brixton the head. In the later part, we will see how Hobbs’ family in Samoa plays a big part in the story.
How a mere human can contain a virus within herself? I don’t know. How can people in this movie survive falling from a cliff and land on shallow water? I don’t know either.
I won’t dwell too much into the logic of this story. All I’m saying is the movie is fun. I love the witty banter, side-eyes, and shades made in this action flick. You’ll see London, Los Angeles, and even Samoa. You’ll see how awesome Vanessa Kirby is and how likeable Dwayne Johnson is. You’ll meet unexplainable bio-engineering technology, wobbly timeline, shirtless men and women wearing minimal clothing here.
You’ll know when someone enjoys his time making something. This film, directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, John Wick) and produced by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, is worth your free time if you’re up for something fun.
