Hobbs and Shaw By Chuck VanHooseAugust 12, 2019Hobbs and Shaw

I’m glad that they gave these two a spin off. The Rock and Jason Statham have amazing chemistry together. I predicted that they would have a spin off when The Fate of the Furious came out.

This isn’t going to be a typical review. Do not expect a lot of this movie. If you do then you will think it’s one of the worst movies of the year. However, if you can turn your mind off and expect Hobbs and Shaw just to beat up bad guys and crack jokes then you will have fun.

Positives
The chemistry between the Rock and Statham will always be entertaining. Not all of the jokes worked for me. But the majority of them did.

As always the different locations in this franchise are fun.

I liked Vanessa Kirby but she was a plot device.

Idris Elba seemed like he was having a lot of fun playing a villain.

The surprise cameos in the film are amazing.

Negatives

If I’m going to try to be subjective then I’ll give some negatives. The pacing of this film isn’t the best. The movie is also almost 2 and half hours long so I feel like it could have been shorter. Now I’m all for longer movies as long as they need that time. But this isn’t one of those movies. Of course stunts and physics jump the shark. If you’re a fan of this franchise then you should be used to it. They also tried to squeeze in the importance of family near the end. It felt like they were doing it because it’s a theme of all the other movies in the franchise.
However, I had a lot of fun watching this movie.

Rating 7.5/10

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