It’s finally here! The Rock and The Stath are taking their Fast & Furious bromance to the next level in Hobbs & Shaw (the filmmakers do love an ampersand, don’t they?) – and now we have our first proper look at the boys back in action.
Spinning off from their successful onscreen pairing in the last couple of Fast & Furious movies, Hobbs & Shaw sees maverick federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and evil mastermind turned sort-of goodie Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) continue their alliance, this time to take down Idris Elba’s “superhuman, bulletproof” terrorist Brixton – the “necessary shock to the system”, as he likes to call himself.
Joining the lads on their mission is The Crown and Mission: Impossible – Fallout star Vanessa Kirby as Hattie Shaw, an MI6 agent who also happens to be Deckard’s sis. You can watch the trailer below…
It looks like an awesomely action-stuffed, globetrotting adventure, with producer Hiram Garcia revealing on Instagram that the film will take the boys from the US to the UK via Russia, Ukraine and Samoa.
Director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) has promised that the film will be “a little bit more grounded” and “more character-centric” than the last couple of Fast outings. That set-piece on the side of a glass skyscraper doesn’t exactly scream “grounded” to us, but it does look like a lot of fun – especially with the film seemingly playing up the comedy of the central duo’s grudging partnership.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is due to hit cinemas on 2 August 2019.