Yeah, 2Fast2Furious was pretty week and Tokyo Drift didn't even feel like it was part of the same franchise. But Fast & Furious got me interested again and Fast Five was f***ing epic. This looks like it could be too. The Rock was a great addition to the cast and I think Gina will be too. And hopefully Luke Evans will give this franchise the one thing that it's been missing in pretty much all of its installments--a great villain.
Nope. Fast and Furious I was bored by it and I also thought it was a mess. Plus, the whole car racing angle got tired for me.
Having watched half of a really bad Vlog review of the trailer... It wouldn't shock me if the movie starts up with the race that was suggested at the end of Fast 5...
Well they did save his life. And you forget that he did let Dom and Brian go at the end of 'Fast Five'. He's not really in a position to seek vengeance or revenge when he let them them walk away to begin with.
He learned to respect the team. In this, I don't see it as 'groveling' more than him using a very viable asset to his advantage since as mentioned in the trailer, he's tried and failed to catch this new crew.
He let them go under the condition that they leave the money behind (which they screw him out of) while promising to catch them later; kind of what Blade did to that mook vampire in Blade II ("Oh, you didn't think I forgot about you, did you?"), only not as vicious. The post credits sequence showed that he was as determined as ever in his pursuit of them.
Now I have no problem with Hobbs respecting them in some fashion or utilizing their talents for his case, but the trailer almost made him seem almost apologetic in disturbing their basking in their ill-gained millions, and like I said he's allowing himself to be dictated terms to. It would've been more faithful to his original portrayal for Hobbs to haul every single of them in and force them to work for him under threat of lengthy prison sentences, while sweetening the deal by offering the Letty reveal and possible pardons.