The Fast and the Furious: Hobbs and Shaw

[kguillou]

I think it was more due to wanting to hide the cameos and surprises as long as possible since the trailers gave away A TON.

You have to remember most of the previous Fast movies are fairly beloved by critics. The last one in the series to get a Rotten on the RT meter was the fourth film, and that was in 2009. 10 years ago. All the subsequent ones got fairly good reviews.

I think you might be right because if i was a studio exec and this was screened to me i would be thinking we’ve got a bonafide four quadrant hit on our hands. But i yeah i guess they wanted to conceal the surprises.

 

[Iceman]

This looks like a lot of fun to me. 2 legit action leads who play well off each other, Elba as the bad guy and Kirby. I’m looking forward to it.

 

[Abudefduf]

Nothing says "I'm a wimp" more than being afraid of being considered a wimp.

 

[DarkKnight88]

They all need a little more Ryan Gosling in their lives.

 

[spider-neil]

Endgame was more realistic than this movie.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Endgame was more realistic than this movie.

You're so right, Dwayne Johnson definitely over exaggerated alot for this. I mean come on there's no way you Skyfall from a building and not have any injury. I mean come on . Statham was a badass with style. But the Rock was over the top .

 

[DarkKnight88]

But the Rock was over the top .

Um. Isn’t that every Rock movie?

 

[terry78]

He's not called the rock for nothing.

 

[FunkMiller]

This was the single most stupid movie I’ve ever seen.

It’s so incredibly dumb it’s quite breathtaking to behold.

I’m not saying I wasn’t entertained - I was, it was hilarious - but it is the most moronic movie ever committed to celluloid.

The laws of physics do not apply. Plot and character development are non existent. Dwayne and Stathe are tough men in the way that only utterly untough Hollywood stars can be.

It’s almost on the level of performance art. It couldn’t possibly be more stupid.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Um. Isn’t that every Rock movie?

The Rock being over the top was also how he became one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time.

 

[The Shape]

Well I could beat up Vin Diesel and I'm not any kind of muscular action guy, so I guess it makes sense for him to be a little insecure.

 

[samsnee]

I enjoyed it more than Fate of the Furious.


The good:

Dwayne and Jason have really great chemistry as expected. This has a much lighter tone than the main series, and they are allowed to laugh at themselves. I liked The Italian Job reference with Statham.


Vanessa Kirby is amazing. She really holds her own and kicks ass.


The action is impressive, and stylish without being over the top.


The not so good:

I still don’t understand what they are doing with Shaw. Is he a good guy or not? And the focus was so much on his family but no mention of Owen Shaw whatsoever. He killed Han, and he says a line about making amends for things, but he was the bad guy just two movies ago.


The plot was just dumb. Too many plot holes that didn’t make sense. Elba was fine as the villain but some of his decisions didn’t really make sense.

 

[Schlosser85]

Shouldn’t be so confusing. Vin Diesel is flabbier than a drunk uncle.

 

[kguillou]

I enjoyed it more than Fate of the Furious.


The good:

Dwayne and Jason have really great chemistry as expected. This has a much lighter tone than the main series, and they are allowed to laugh at themselves. I liked The Italian Job reference with Statham.


Vanessa Kirby is amazing. She really holds her own and kicks ass.


The action is impressive, and stylish without being over the top.


The not so good:

I still don’t understand what they are doing with Shaw. Is he a good guy or not? And the focus was so much on his family but no mention of Owen Shaw whatsoever. He killed Han, and he says a line about making amends for things, but he was the bad guy just two movies ago.


The plot was just dumb. Too many plot holes that didn’t make sense. Elba was fine as the villain but some of his decisions didn’t really make sense.

They rewrote Statham’s character, plain and simple. This is in no way or shape the same Shaw from Furious 7 who killed Han and ruthlessly killed dozens of innocent people to get revenge for his brother. I’ve come to terms with it and okay with it. This murderer is a good guy now

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Iceman]

This was the single most stupid movie I’ve ever seen.

It’s so incredibly dumb it’s quite breathtaking to behold.

I’m not saying I wasn’t entertained - I was, it was hilarious - but it is the most moronic movie ever committed to celluloid.

The laws of physics do not apply. Plot and character development are non existent. Dwayne and Stathe are tough men in the way that only utterly untough Hollywood stars can be.

It’s almost on the level of performance art. It couldn’t possibly be more stupid.

So all as expected then? I can’t see any of this putting off people who want to see this. If they weren’t dumb I’d be genuinely disappointed. If I saw something resembling a plot I’d want my money back.

 

[Dr. Evil]

So all as expected then? I can’t see any of this putting off people who want to see this. If they weren’t dumb I’d be genuinely disappointed. If I saw something resembling a plot I’d want my money back.

The franchise being dumb is the reason why the franchise needs to have space travel, time travel, aliens, dinosaurs, Nazis (original Nazis), zombies, Keanu Reeves, cowboys, ninjas, pirates, samurai warriors, sharks, robots and holograms.

 

[Iceman]

The franchise being dumb is the reason why the franchise needs to have space travel, time travel, aliens, dinosaurs, Nazis (original Nazis), zombies, Keanu Reeves, cowboys, ninjas, pirates, samurai warriors, sharks, robots and holograms.

All films, whether they are dumb or not, need all of the above. I always take a checklist in with me and I mark the movie depending on how many of them it included.

 

[terry78]

If it can be punched, the Rock or Statham can deal with it.

 

[JimThompson]

If I saw something resembling a plot I’d want my money back.

 

[terry78]

On a side note I never realized how big Vanessa Kirby's eyes are until she starts reacting to crazy ****. Still hot tho.

 

[kguillou]

I mean.... i didnt think the plot was THAT bad guys. It was a standard action movie plot, very straightforward. I didnt think there was anything especially asinine about it...besides the whole Super Idris thing. I never felt bothered by the plot other than the contrivance of how they arrived to the third act location lol

 

[samsnee]

I mean.... i didnt think the plot was THAT bad guys. It was a standard action movie plot, very straightforward. I didnt think there was anything especially asinine about it...besides the whole Super Idris thing. I never felt bothered by the plot other than the contrivance of how they arrived to the third act location lol

Two things made me roll my eyes.

Spoiler

Vanessa Kirby is is told she has about 48 more hours to live yet they have time to go to fly to Russia, then Sāmoa.

The device that extracts the virus shows it can pull the capsule out of her arm, meaning that it hasn’t moved at all through her bloodstream at all?

I know there are a lot of crazy things in this movie but those two stuck out to me.

Oh and Ryan Reynolds was way over the top in this one. It was too Deadpool-ish.

 

[kguillou]

Two things made me roll my eyes.

Spoiler

Vanessa Kirby is is told she has about 48 more hours to live yet they have time to go to fly to Russia, then Sāmoa.

The device that extracts the virus shows it can pull the capsule out of her arm, meaning that it hasn’t moved at all through her bloodstream at all?

I know there are a lot of crazy things in this movie but those two stuck out to me.

Oh and Ryan Reynolds was way over the top in this one. It was too Deadpool-ish.

Spoiler: Spoilers

Absolutely agreed on Reynolds. The joke got old after the second time. How does a guy like that end up working in the CIA??

 

[The Chris]

That article is kind of funny considering how much punishment Hobbs and Shaw take here. They obviously didn't mind Elba beating on them.