Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw continues the successful franchise spin-off. Lawman Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and outcast Deckard Shaw (Statham) start their reunion off with a grudge.
The verbal jabs are entertaining and the script is well-written. However, their bickering doesn’t disappear until Shaw discovers his sister, Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) has been detained.
Enter the antagonist, Cyborg Brixton (Elba) who turns up to gain control of a bio-threat. Inconveniently it becomes embedded in Hattie.
The team hunt down a scientist to help them extract the bio-threat. We meet the intriguing Madame M (Eiza González), but she doesn’t get enough air-time.
Later they end up on the islands and Hobbs reunites with his brother and mother. Shaw discovers that they have traded in all his guns for tribal weapons – so they have to get creative. The scriptwriters went to town in the final scenes although the car stack up at the end becomes a little unbelievable.
Queenie (Helen Mirren) returns for a cameo but is stuck in jail.
Fast and Furious: Hobbs & Shaw is a must-see in the cinema for the phenomenal motorbike stunts and the humorous banter between the two main leads.
4 stars
About Hobbs and Shaw
Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
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