Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Dvd

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (also known simply as Hobbs & Shaw) is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by David Leitch and written by Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce, from a story by Morgan. It is a spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise set in between the events of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious and 2021’s F9. The film sees Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprise their roles from the main series as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw respectively, and also stars Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, Cliff Curtis, and Helen Mirren. The plot follows the unlikely pairing of the titular characters as they team up with Shaw’s sister (Kirby) to battle a cybernetically-enhanced terrorist (Elba) threatening the world with a deadly virus.

Series star and producer Vin Diesel first said in 2015 that possible spin-offs were in early development, and Hobbs & Shaw was officially announced in October 2017. Leitch signed on to direct in April 2018, and Kirby and Elba both joined the cast that July. Filming began in September and lasted through January 2019, mostly taking place in London and Glasgow.

Hobbs & Shaw premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on July 13, 2019, was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 2019, and grossed over $759 million worldwide. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes says that it “gets decent mileage out of its well-matched stars and over-the-top action sequences”.

Plot

In London, Hattie Shaw and her team of MI6 agents attempt to retrieve a programmable supervirus dubbed “Snowflake” from terrorist organization Eteon. Brixton Lore, an Eteon operative with cybernetic implants that allow him to perform superhuman feats, arrives and kills all the agents except Hattie, who injects Snowflake into herself before escaping. Brixton frames Hattie for killing her team and stealing Snowflake, forcing her to go on the run.

Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw are both informed of the missing virus and are reluctantly assigned to work together to track it down. After a brief meeting at a CIA black site at Leadenhall Building, Deckard goes to Hattie’s house for information, while Hobbs manages to find Hattie; after a brief scuffle, he brings her to the CIA office, as Deckard then returns. The office is attacked, and Hattie, whom Deckard reveals is his sister, is taken by Brixton, whom Deckard recognizes as an old colleague-turned-enemy he’d previously shot and supposedly killed. Hobbs and Deckard pursue and rescue Hattie during an ensuing car chase, managing to escape from Brixton, who crashes into a double-decker bus. However, Brixton frames all three as traitors via Eteon’s control of global news media.

The three locate Professor Andreiko, who created Snowflake to efficiently deliver vaccines, who informs them that to prevent Eteon from using Snowflake to eradicate humanity, Hattie, while the virus is still dormant, must either be cremated or have the virus removed with a specialized extraction device, located in Eteon’s headquarters in Chernobyl, Ukraine. After flying undercover to Moscow and rendezvousing with Deckard’s former flame Margarita to rearm, the three infiltrate the facility. They manage to retrieve the extraction device before escaping and destroying the facility; however, Andreiko is killed, and the device is damaged during their escape.

Hobbs takes the trio to his childhood home in Samoa to visit his estranged brother Jonah, a talented mechanic, to repair the device and lay low before confronting Brixton again. Hobbs has a tense reunion with his family, but Jonah is eventually persuaded to help them by their mother. The makeshift battalion prepares for Eteon’s arrival, setting up a variety of traps around the island. Jonah successfully repairs the device and starts the virus extraction, just as Brixton and his army arrive. In the ensuing battle, all of Brixton’s soldiers are defeated. Brixton retakes Hattie via helicopter; however, Hobbs, Deckard, and the Samoans bring the aircraft down. Working together, Hobbs and Deckard defeat Brixton, who is remotely terminated afterward by Eteon’s never-seen director. The director sends a message claiming to know Hobbs and intending to persuade him and the Shaw siblings, while they promise to find the director; the group celebrates their victory.

In mid and post-credits scenes, Hobbs brings his daughter to meet their extended family in Samoa; Deckard and Hattie are implied to bust their mother out of prison; and Hobbs receives a call from his partner, Locke, informing him that he had broken into a facility and discovered another virus worse than the Snowflake virus. Hobbs also secretly has the London police set on Deckard in retaliation for a prank during the trip to Moscow.

Cast

Main article: List of Fast & Furious characters
Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent assigned by the CIA to work with Shaw towards stopping Snowflake, in spite of their disdain for each other.
Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a mercenary formerly with British Special Forces and MI6 and Hattie’s brother, who remains at odds with Hobbs, but joins forces with him in order to protect Hattie.
Idris Elba as Brixton Lore, a cyber-genetically enhanced terrorist working for Eteon and former MI6 field agent who has a history with Deckard.
Vanessa Kirby as Hattie Shaw, an MI6 field agent and sister of Deckard and Owen, who is being hunted by Brixton.
Eiza González as Madame M, a high-profile thief, friend and former lover of Deckard.
Cliff Curtis as Jonah, Luke’s estranged eldest brother, a mechanic and the computer genius of the family.
Helen Mirren as Magdalene “Queenie” Shaw, a criminal mastermind and the mother of Deckard, Hattie and Owen.
Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Mateo Hobbs, Luke’s brother.
Eddie Marsan as Professor Andreiko, a two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist who created the Snowflake virus.
Eliana Su’a as Sam, Luke’s daughter.
John Tui as Kal, Luke’s brother.
In addition, Lori Pelenise Tuisano portrays Sefina Hobbs, Luke’s mother and matriarch of the Hobbs family while Josh Mauga portrays as Timo, Luke’s brother. Rob Delaney appears as CIA agent Loeb while cameo appearances include the film’s director David Leitch as an Eteon helicopter pilot and wrestler Nathan Jones as a Russian fighter pilot. Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart make uncredited appearances as CIA agent Victor Locke and Air Marshal Dinkley, respectively.

The Eteon Director, a role that Keanu Reeves was in negotiations for, does not physically appear in the film, but is assumed to be voiced by Reynolds under the pseudonym “Champ Nightingale”, which Reynolds has used in a fake Amazon review for his gin brand; the character will be physically cast in a future film.