Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham,
Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, Cliff Curtis and Helen Mirren
Rating: 7 out of 10, Hobbs and Shaw,
spawn of that noted thespian proving ground – The Fast and the Furious series.
This is everything you would expect from a summer action flick featuring two of
today’s biggest purveyors of same. The Rock and Statham fit perfectly into
their rivalry and spend most of the movie (maybe a tad too much) bad mouthing
each other while simultaneously carrying out the fantastical stunts required of
them. A welcome and needed injection of femininity is supplied by Vanessa
Kirby, playing Statham’s sister certainly helped immensely. She is very good
and more than hangs with the big boys during the action. Idris Elba is
incapable of ineptitude and he is perfect as a cyborg like villain testing the
boys. The plot jumps all over the place with holes you could drive the Rock
through but with this kind of movie you forgive a lot. I mean a whole lot.
Those of you who had a need to see the Rock running around in a skirt wielding
a Polynesian war club will get that as well. There are some very funny cameos
from Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart thrown in as well. All in all, a lot of fun
and some great action since you suspended your disbelief (absolute requirement
for a F&F movie) at the door.
MVP: Vanessa Kirby as Hattie Shaw,
stealing scenes left and right
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