Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw remain an irresistible duo — but is that enough? Read Peter Travers' review of HobbsAndShaw
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. Director David Leitch keeps the action and the comedy at full velocity. Hobbs and Shaw insult each other like high-school mean girls, mostly about Shaw’s short “Hobbit legs” and Hobbs’ resemblance to “a giant tattooed baby.” Throw in Idris Elba, having a blast as Brixton, the “black Superman,” a former Brit agent who’s been carved up into a cyber-villain and ordered to capture a virus that can terminate half the globe.
Getting the virus out without killing Hattie or all extant life on earth — that’s the plot cooked up by screenwriters Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce. We all know where this is going — like you didn’t think Hobbs would get flirty with Shaw’s sister? — and cheers to the movie for not even pretending anything in it is remotely new. “This is my fourth time saving the world,” says Hobbs with a sigh we can all share.
managed to mix hot action with genuine heart. It can be done if there’s something more than the box office calling the shots.thinks it can get by just pretending. It probably can. Mindless fun is good enough in a pinch. But what happens when movies follow Brixton’s example and slowly, inexorably turn into cyborgs? Road-test ready, for sure, but untouched by human hands.
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