Remember back in ye olde days of 2017 when the terrible eighth “Fast & Furious” came out and the best thing about it was the smoldering sexual chemistry between Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who weren’t even the main characters? Well thankfully, Universal Studios picked up on that vibe felt by critics and audiences alike and fast-tracked this first spin-off from the Fast & Furious-verse: “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Taking those two characters and giving them their own summer blockbuster to wreak havoc in is a good decision, and the proof’s in the pudding: this is a big, dumb cartoon of a movie, with a barely there plot and none of the self-serious posturing of the last few “Fast” movies. It is stupid and silly and here to have a good time.
Helmed by “John Wick” co-director David Leitch, it is replete with action scenes that make stuff go explode real good, though sadly the hand-to-hand combat scenes are a bit disappointing. Considering his background in fight choreography and as a stuntman, and his work in 2017’s “Atomic Blonde,” none of the fights are memorable until you get to the final showdown, which is a fun use of high-speed cameras and elastic facial expressions.
Coming straight from last year’s “Deadpool 2,” Leitch even recruits two actors from that film in comedy cameos to amp up the yuks even if it’s not necessary. Eiza Gonzalez looks fantastic but is wasted in her one scene. There’s a ham-handed application of the “family” theme that “Fast” movies trade in, but at least they’re brief. Some of the dialogue is pretty funny, but they leave in some clunkers too.
“Hobbs & Shaw” is pretty much everything you expected and wanted from this type of movie. It’s junk food that tastes great but isn’t very healthy. It wouldn’t work without the charisma of its leads, and it knows it, which is why there’s so much more ease in the proceedings. It knows it’ll work just training a camera on those two.
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