Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Review

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Release Date: 1st August 2019 - Australia

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Dentsu (presented in association with)

Seven Bucks Productions
Chris Morgan Productions

Distribution

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 136 minutes

Budget: $200,000,000

Box Office Gross: $760,381,706 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Muscle-bound lawman Luke Hobbs and outlaw Deckard Shaw have often engaged in smack talk and butted heads and were enemies. That is until, one day, they decided to stop a cybernetically enhanced terrorist with superhuman strength from unleashing a bio-chemical that could change humanity's fate.

Cast

Dwayne Johnson - Luke Hobbs

Jason Statham - Deckard Shaw

Idris Elba - Brixton

Vanessa Kirby - Hattie

Helen Mirren - Queenie
Eiza Gonzalez - Madame M
Eddie Marsan - Professor
Andreiko
Eliana Sua - Sam
Cliff Curtis - Jonah
Lori Pelenise Tuisano - Sefina
John Tui - Kal
Joshua Mauga - Timo
Joe Anoa'i - Mateo
Rob Delaney - Agent Loeb
Alex King - Lt. Grapefruit
Tom Wu - Tsoi
John Macdonald - Lermotov
Joshua Coombes - Young
Deckard
Meesha Garbett - Young Hattie
Harry Hickles - Young Owen

Ryan Reynolds - Eteon Director/Locke (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Nathan Jones - Russian Fighter Pilot

Spencer Wilding - Eteon's Uber Merc

David Leitch - Eteon Helicopter Pilot (Cameo)

Kevin Hart - Air Marshal
Dinkley (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - David Leitch
Based on Characters - Gary Scott Thompson
Story/Screenplay/Producer - Chris Morgan
Screenplay - Drew Pearce
Executive Producers - Steven Chasman, Ainsley Davies, Dany Garcia, Kelly McCormick and Ethan Smith
Producers - Hiram Garcia,
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham
Casting Directors - Lucy Bevan,

Marisol Roncali and Mary Vernieu
Production Designer - David Scheunemann
Supervising Art Director - Dominic Hyman
Art Directors - David Allday,
Will Coubrough, Charlotte Malynn, Wolfgang Metschan, Simon McGuire and Remo Tozzi
Set Decorator - Lisa Chugg

Set Decorator: Hawaii Unit - Shane Vieau

Property Master - Roy Chapman

Property Master: Hawaii Unit - Sean Mannion

Armourer: Hawaii Unit - Harry Lu
Costume Designer - Sarah Evelyn
Director of Photography - Jonathan Sela

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Fraser Taggart

Aerial Directors of Photography: Hawaii

Unit - David B. Nowell and Hans Bjerno

First Assistant Director - Paul Barry
Second Unit Directors/Stunt Coordinators -

Simon Crane and Chris O'Hara
Second Unit Director - Greg Rementer

Stunt Coordinator: UK - Pete White

Picture Vehicles Supervisor - Alex King

Picture Cars Coordinator: Hawaii Unit -

Dennis McCarthy

Helicopter Pilot/Aerial Coordinator - Frédéric North

Special Effects Supervisor - Alistair Williams

Special Effects Supervisor: Hawaii Unit -

J.D. Schwalm

Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan Glass

Visual Effects Supervisors: DNEG -

Michael Brazelton and Stuart Lashley

Visual Effects Supervisors: Framestore -

Benjamin Loch and Kyle McCulloch

2nd Unit VFX Supervisor - Felix Pomeranz

Digital Effects Supervisors: DNEG - Chris Keller,

Rick Leary, Jolene McCaffrey, Steve Newbold

and Shailendra Swarnkar

Editor - Christopher Rouse

Sound Design and Supervision - Mark Stoeckinger

and Peter Brown

Sound Design - Stephen P. Robinson,

Alan Rankin, Eliot Connors, Ann Scibelli

and Luke Gibleon

Production Sound Mixer - John Casali

Re-Recording Mixers - Jon Taylor

and Frank A. Montano

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Andy Koyama

and Greg P. Russell
Music/Score Programming - Tyler Bates

Review

The Fast and the Furious series earned a ton of money at the box office and gained positive reviews from critics through its later instalments. While the movie franchise is far from over, HOBBS & SHAW is the latest spin-off that sees the two supporting characters team up as the film enters the buddy-cop sub-genre, with comedy and a running time of 136 minutes. I had not yet been able to re-watch all the movies at home before watching the spin-off at the cinema. Seeing Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham pair in their self-produced film is lovely. While being over-the-top and silly, the film relies on the action choreography in scenes with the visual style in its place.

This film's director, David Leitch, is known for his successful endeavours, such as John Wick, Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2. Despite his unfamiliarity with the franchise, Leitch did well with the spin-off.

Aside from Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as the dynamic onscreen duo, their buddy chemistry helped save this movie. Vanessa Kirby looks dapper as Deckard's sister, and Idris Elba portrays the main antagonist, Brixton. There are special appearances courtesy of Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart, which is unexpected.

HOBBS & SHAW did not rise as the best action movie like the few other instalments, possibly due to its length. It remains a modest, stand-alone, action-packed blockbuster with plenty of adrenaline to catch on with the viewers' excitement. If you must, go and see this film.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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