Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (also known simply as Hobbs & Shaw and as Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw internationally) is a 2019 American action 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 and the Furious franchise, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their respective roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw from the main series, alongside Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, and Helen Mirren. The plot follows the unlikely team-up of the titular characters as they are forced to team up with Shaw's sister (Kirby) when a cybernetically-enhanced terrorist (Elba) and his organization threaten 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 has grossed $758 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2019. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Johnson, Statham, and Kirby as well as its visual style and action choreography finesse, although criticism was aimed at its plot and runtime.

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, Hattie's brother, 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 the Cheesegrater, 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 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 falls off his motorcycle and crashes through the second level of a double decker bus. However, Brixton frames all three as traitors via Eteon's control of global news media.

The three locate Professor Andreiko, Snowflake's creator, who informs them that to prevent Snowflake from eradicating humanity, Hattie has to, while the virus is still dormant, either be killed or have the virus removed with a specialized extraction device, located within Eteon's headquarters in Ukraine. After flying undercover to Moscow and rendezvousing with Deckard's girlfriend Madame M 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 decides to take 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 prepare 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 at daybreak. In the ensuing battle, all of Brixton's soldiers are defeated. Brixton takes Hattie again via helicopter; however, Hobbs, Deckard and the Samoans bring the helicopter down. Working together, Hobbs and Deckard defeat Brixton, who is remotely terminated afterwards by Eteon's director. Hobbs and Deckard send a message to the director, promising to find him. 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, who had broken into a facility and discovered another virus worse than the Snowflake virus. Hobbs also secretly has the police set on Deckard in London.

Cast
Additionally, Eddie Marsan portrays Professor Andreiko, a two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist who created the Snowflake virus. Leati "Roman Reigns" Anoaʻi, Josh Mauga and John Tui portray Mateo, Timo and Kal Hobbs, also Luke's brothers. Lori Pelenise Tuisano portrays Sefina Hobbs, Luke's mother. Lyon Beckwith, Westley LeClay and Pingi Moli portray Luke's cousins. Eliana Su'a portrays Luke's daughter Sam Hobbs, replacing Eden Estrella from the previous two films. Rob Delaney appears as CIA agent Loeb, while director David Leitch makes a cameo appearance as an Eteon helicopter pilot, and Nathan Jones portrays a Russian fighter pilot.
 * Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, A DSS agent assigned by the CIA to work with Deckard in 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, but joins forces with Hobbs in order to help the former's sister, 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 Lore.
 * Eiza González as Margarita, A high-profile thief, friend and former love interest to Deckard also known as Madam M.
 * Cliff Curtis as Jonah Hobbs, Luke's 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.

Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart make uncredited appearances as CIA agent 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 voiced by Reynolds under the pseudonym "Champ Nightingale". The character will be physically cast in a future film.