What the critics are saying 'Fast & Furious Presents: HobbsAndShaw'
The action pic follows Hobbs and Shaw along with Shaw’s sister Hattie as they face a new enemy unlike any the series has ever seen – cyber-genetically enhanced villain Brixton, played by Idris Elba.'s Todd McCarthy notes that some aging franchises become “tired, repetitive, cobwebby” over time, but this offshoot avoids those traps, instead being “giddy and goofy in spots” and wearing “its fundamental absurdity with good humor.
McCarthy adds that the film feels “constantly on the move at a clip faster than James Bond” with “fast-flying antagonistic banter” between Johnson and Statham as they “break the laws of physics time and time again.” With a screenplay by Morgan, on board for a seventhMcCarthy does mark one flaw — a confusing climax — with Hobbs and Shaw having not one but two end battles with Elba’s villainous Lorr.
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