Comedies tend to take certain liberties with the plot. I can accept that to an extent. The point of a comedy is to get laughs. Similarly, the point of an action movie is to have, well, action. You go to see explosions and car chases. I can understand if the plot stretches reality, a little. To an extent, anyway.
I’ve never seen any of the previous Fast & Furious movies. I may get around to watching them one day, but I was drawn to Hobbs & Shaw for some reason. I went in knowing that the plot would probably be a little bit ridiculous. After all, the coming attractions featured Idris Elba’s character being referred to as the Black Superman. I never expected this.
The movie takes two characters from the Fast & Furious franchise and gives them their own movie. It starts with a covert MI6 team trying to retrieve a deadly virus. The team is attacked by Brixton, a.k.a. Black Superman, and his henchmen. Rather than allow the virus to be taken, Hattie injects herself and runs off, becoming the lone survivor. Brixton calls it in and sets Hattie up as the one responsible for the attack.
Cut to Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw each starting their respective days. Each eventually gets a call to come in to track down the virus. It isn’t until the briefing that each realizes that the other was called. So, they’re off to find Hattie. There’s just one catch: Hattie is Shaw’s sister. Oh, and the reason that Brixton is so strong is that he’s been given mechanical enhancements. And, although the virus is in small capsules, Hattie has 72 hours to get the virus out of her system.
So, here we go off on an adventure of implausible proportions. Consider some of the action scenes. Hobbs is able to jump from bad guy to bad guy while falling down the side of a building. Apparently he has good aim and flexible physics. The trio also has to do a little traveling. Their first flight is from London to Moscow, which takes about 3-4 hours, give or take. That’s not so bad. The second flight is from Moscow to Samoa. I looked up these flights and found that most would take more than a day. You’re also looking at two layovers. So, that would mean that Hattie has wasted half of her time on a plane or waiting for one.
Also, is it just me, or is odd that an air marshal would be on a London-to-Moscow flight? I get that he might be on vacation or transferring, but the United States only claims jurisdiction if at least one of the stops is in the United States. Neither London nor Moscow is within the United States. What’s he doing there?
These were the two big ones for me. The movie has all sorts of insane stunts and explosions. The only other thing I took issue with was that a device could clean Hattie’s blood of the virus in 30 minutes. It’s a dangerous virus and they trust a machine to extract it that quickly? Um…ok.
So, if you’re considering seeing this, I’d recommend going in expecting explosions and fights. If you’re expecting something comparable to Shakespeare, you’re going to be disappointed. Of course, if you’ve seen the coming attractions, I don’t think this is going to be news to you.
I’ve never seen any of the previous Fast & Furious movies. I may get around to watching them one day, but I was drawn to Hobbs & Shaw for some reason. I went in knowing that the plot would probably be a little bit ridiculous. After all, the coming attractions featured Idris Elba’s character being referred to as the Black Superman. I never expected this.
The movie takes two characters from the Fast & Furious franchise and gives them their own movie. It starts with a covert MI6 team trying to retrieve a deadly virus. The team is attacked by Brixton, a.k.a. Black Superman, and his henchmen. Rather than allow the virus to be taken, Hattie injects herself and runs off, becoming the lone survivor. Brixton calls it in and sets Hattie up as the one responsible for the attack.
Cut to Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw each starting their respective days. Each eventually gets a call to come in to track down the virus. It isn’t until the briefing that each realizes that the other was called. So, they’re off to find Hattie. There’s just one catch: Hattie is Shaw’s sister. Oh, and the reason that Brixton is so strong is that he’s been given mechanical enhancements. And, although the virus is in small capsules, Hattie has 72 hours to get the virus out of her system.
So, here we go off on an adventure of implausible proportions. Consider some of the action scenes. Hobbs is able to jump from bad guy to bad guy while falling down the side of a building. Apparently he has good aim and flexible physics. The trio also has to do a little traveling. Their first flight is from London to Moscow, which takes about 3-4 hours, give or take. That’s not so bad. The second flight is from Moscow to Samoa. I looked up these flights and found that most would take more than a day. You’re also looking at two layovers. So, that would mean that Hattie has wasted half of her time on a plane or waiting for one.
Also, is it just me, or is odd that an air marshal would be on a London-to-Moscow flight? I get that he might be on vacation or transferring, but the United States only claims jurisdiction if at least one of the stops is in the United States. Neither London nor Moscow is within the United States. What’s he doing there?
These were the two big ones for me. The movie has all sorts of insane stunts and explosions. The only other thing I took issue with was that a device could clean Hattie’s blood of the virus in 30 minutes. It’s a dangerous virus and they trust a machine to extract it that quickly? Um…ok.
So, if you’re considering seeing this, I’d recommend going in expecting explosions and fights. If you’re expecting something comparable to Shakespeare, you’re going to be disappointed. Of course, if you’ve seen the coming attractions, I don’t think this is going to be news to you.
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