History Film / HobbsAndShaw

After Hattie Shaw (Creator/VanessaKirby), an [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] agent and younger sister of Deckard, becomes infected with a [[ThePlague super-virus that could wipe out half the world]], Hobbs and Shaw are forced to work together to save her life (and [[SavingTheWorld the world]]) from Brixton (Creator/IdrisElba), a [[{{Cyborg}} cyber]] and [[BioAugmentation genetically]] enhanced SuperSoldier-turned-international terrorist who needs the virus to fulfill his mission.

* AgeGapRomance: Well, "romance" might be [[https://youtu.be/VhO57opjUNM pushing it a little]], but there's a 22 year age gap between Jason Statham and Creator/EizaGonzalez.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: A mook tries to stab Hobbs with a tattoo gun. He intercepts it causing the mook to drop the gun onto his foot needle first.
* AmazonBrigade: Madame M's crew.

** There's also a more current version of this trope when Shaw tries to ditch Hobbes at the airport by giving him a alias that not only is a juvenile pun, but also triggers security. A short time later, Hobbes manages to join them on the plane anyway, with only a brief quip about using his people skills to charm his way out of the mess. Given that not only was the alias rigged to set security off, his real identity would also have provoked detainment as well. So, this explanation serves the same purpose by deliberately not showing how the event played out that would have been ''really'' interesting for the audience, and thus they have to use their imagination.

''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Fast & Furious Presents]]: Hobbs & Shaw'' is a 2019 action film directed by David Leitch (''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'', ''Film/JohnWick'') and written by Chris Morgan, screenwriter of every ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]'' film since 2006's ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift Tokyo Drift]]''.

* GenreShift: ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' started off as a relatively grounded crime drama, with each sequel it got more action-packed and over the top, but stayed relatively in that world. This film is more in the realm of comic books and classic James Bond, fighting a literal SuperSoldier with a metal spine as their primary villain.

* CanonWelding: We find out here that Brixton had Shaw framed for the murder of his own team 8 years before the events of the film, when their Eteon recruitment went south. It not only explains why he was a rogue operative when we met him in ''Film/FuriousSeven'' (where it was mentioned the British government had tried to have him killed for some unspecified crimes) but also his implication to Hobbs in ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' that his traitor status was due to being set up (like Hobbs in that film).

** Brixton's hyper-advanced motorcycle that can [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries self-drive and change shape makes some very familiar noises while doing so.]]

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Not surprisingly, Wrestling/RomanReigns gets to employ both his signature spear and the Samoan Drop in the battle against Brixton's men, while [[spoiler:Hobbs puts Brixton out of commission via a German suplex on solid rock]].

The film also stars Creator/EizaGonzalez as Madame M, an ally of Shaw's, and Creator/EddieMarsan as Professor Andreiko, a Russian scientist who created the virus, while Creator/HelenMirren reprises her role as Magdalene Shaw, the mother of the Shaw siblings. Wrestling/RomanReigns (the [[RealLifeRelative real-life cousin]] of Johnson) also makes an appearance as one of Hobbs' brothers. The film is also notable for being LighterAndSofter than any of the main ''Fast and Furious'' films, due to it's greater focus on comedy when compared to the main ''Fast and Furious'' films (as in, the ones that focus on either Dom and/or his crew and all known associates besides Hobbs and Shaw, which are DarkerAndEdgier by comparison).

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Shaw's brother Owen, who he was shown to be close enough to in ''Film/FuriousSeven'' to go after Dom's crew in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after they left him in a coma, is mentioned exactly ''once'', and never seen even in the flashbacks to Deckard and Hattie's youth - a particular oddity in a film that shows us so much of the Shaw family backstory.[[note]]In the flashback for the Keith Moon a second boy is seen helping set the bomb up on the safe, before running away from the explosion in the opposite direction to Deckard and Hattie, this is presumably Owen, but he's not clarifed as such.[[/note]]

** Posters for ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', and ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' are seen at some point.

The film also stars Creator/EizaGonzalez as Madame M, an ally of Shaw's, and Creator/EddieMarsan as Professor Andreiko, a Russian scientist who created the virus, while Creator/HelenMirren reprises her role as Magdalene Shaw, the mother of the Shaw siblings. Wrestling/RomanReigns (the [[RealLifeRelative real-life cousin]] of Johnson) also makes an appearance as one of Hobbs' brothers.

* BreatherEpisode: While it ''might'' become an InnocuouslyImportantEpisode to the main series, it's more or less a break from revolving around the equally intense adventures of the main series involving Dominic Toretto and his crew and more of a lighthearted BuddyComedy actioner involving two unlikely allies (Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw) basically being forced to reconcile by [[EnemyMine teaming up against a greater threat]]. It's notable for also being the first installment to not involve Dom and his crew (besides Hobbs and Shaw) who probably weren't needed for the mission, considering it's a SpinOff to the main franchise.

* LighterAndSofter: While the main franchise from which this film is spun off isn't without it's own occassional ComicRelief moments, they are still fairly dark, gritty and emotionally serious films that feature a whole lot of Tearjerker moments despite being an action-oriented franchise. ''Hobbs and Shaw'' on the other hand is more of a lighthearted action BuddyComedy that has more levity and goofiness than any of the mainstream films. That being said, however, the BigBad is still a fairly serious threat, and the film does become more serious in the third act.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Shaw's brother Owen, who he was shown to be close enough to in ''Film/FuriousSeven'' to go after Dom's crew in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after they left him in a coma, is mentioned exactly ''once'', and never seen even in the flashbacks to Deckard and Hattie's youth - a particular oddity in a film that shows us so much of the Shaw family backstory.

-->No fucking way!