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Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, left) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) face a small army of gunmen in a scene from “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.” (Photo by Daniel Smith, courtesy of Universal Pictures.)

Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, left) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) face a small army of gunmen in a scene from “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.” (Photo by Daniel Smith, courtesy of Universal Pictures.)

'Fast & Furious Present: Hobbs & Shaw'

July 31, 2019 by Sean P. Means

One shouldn’t go into “Hobbs & Shaw” — officially, “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” for those who can’t get enough ampersands — expecting a mental chess match or clever plotting or Shakespearean acting.

No, “Hobbs & Shaw” is a meat-and-potatoes — or should that be “meat & potatoes”? — action movie, with more cars than a Hot Wheels set, more guns than an Army shooting range, and more body slams than star Dwayne Johnson threw in his entire wrestling career.

Read the full review at sltrib.com.

July 31, 2019 /Sean P. Means
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