Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixto...
Thanks for ending Summer with a whimper. This is SO MUCH what we wanted in Europe instead of a Quentin Tarantino movie…
Before we start,I need to point out that Yes,I enjoyed this movie. It'll be important to the (kinda) negative review that will come up now.
Well...I guess we made it. We made it to the point to where Universal Pictures became so braindead in ideas that they're selling to you Dwayne Johnson's sexy eyebrow as a joke.
This is how cartoonish and over-the-top Hobbs & Shaw will get,aside the inane action sequences that are just as much a selling point as the trailers made it to be. Maybe a little too good for this one…
It is a David Leitch movie alright from the looks of it,whether it's the aesthetic,the stylish music,right down to camera movements. While The Rock and Jason Statham deliver some great chemistry (amidst a repetitive story structure),the main entree here is Iris Elba as the main villain,Brixton,who's seriously an evil "Invincible Iron Man". Yeah,he calls himself Black Superman,but come on. When he has techno eyes,a Terminator body,and he can call his robotic motorcycle (when the movie gets digital),should you even call it that?
Elba chews scenery in this as if he's trying to make a literal performance off of it,even when it's this ridiculous monologue about Evolution or whenever he gets pissed off like an iguana.
As said,(most of) the Action didn't make me crazy excited as I expected,but it was enjoyablnonetheless,and I kinda love how some of it was shot. You have 5 Cars strapped onto a Helicopter. Better follow it for 5 seconds instead of cutting multiple times to different shots.
There was a really cute scene towards the end where Dwayne Johnson makes a monologue and they throw out a " Humans will always be better than machines" message,which I liked.
The cameos were great,but either they were used to stop the movie for 5 minutes or to make Deadpool talk about Game Of Thrones. *sigh*
But the fun doesn't stop there.
As of the traditional Universal stamp,there's not one,not two,but three (THREE) end credit sequences to tell ya "OY! Did ya like the movie? Great. We're now making a sequel to it!" (Universal will never stop making these nonsensical attempts,will they…)
Either the Action or the Cameos are too good in this movie that,at some point,I expected a better story than what we've got,which is still pretty fine.
And I seriously hate how they started the Samoa action scene. Can you even make heads or tails about what's going on there?
Not only that,but the whole Editing process in this is so Justice League bad,even a 12 year old will be like "Why is The Rock talking in 2 different shots?"
And,as eversione mentioned,it's TOO LONG,and you can tell. You can either cut a huge subplot or a Cameo,and the movie still makes so much sense.
But ECKH,it was fine,I think. This was definitely a Universal movie and a David Leith movie,but for what it was,I still had a blast at it,and I'm sure you'll have a better time at it than I did. No,this doesn't kill my love for Leitch,but I'm probably going to be super dodgy for his next project,which is going to Netflix,and I'll assure you H&S will get infinitely better once the Netflix movie comes out.
