We now have superpowers in the fast and the furious. Just like The Rock and Staydam, I'm bald by choice and many people always confuse me with Dwayne. This is a spin off that may rival the source materials in regards to how big of an event this could be. Ever since The Rock was added to this franchise, it has doubled in box office profit turning this into a certified blockbuster. The current formula is a far departure from the original film and we have had losses along the way but The Fast And The Furious Franchise is still holding strong. This trailer gives us our first real look at the dynamic that will be given to us between Statham and Johnson. The previous films has always given us funny buddy cop style dialog but I see that this will be a cornerstone of the Hobbs and Shaw film. Who better than these two action giants to bring, not only quality action but more laughs than a little bit, in my opinion. Will we get that epic fight between these two action titans? I hope so.
FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW.
Watch the trailer now starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, plus download the poster and photos.
The world of Fast & Furious just got bigger. #HobbsAndShaw is in theaters this Summer.
FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW – In Theaters August 2
After eight films that have amassed almost $5 billion worldwide, the Fast & Furious franchise now features its first stand-alone vehicle as Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprise their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down.
But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever — and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw’s sister — these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves.
Hobbs & Shaw blasts open a new door in the Fast universe as it hurtles action across the globe, from Los Angeles to London and from the toxic wasteland of Chernobyl to the lush beauty of Samoa.
Directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2) from a script by longtime Fast & Furious narrative architect Chris Morgan, the film is produced by Morgan, Johnson, Statham and Hiram Garcia. The executive producers are Dany Garcia, Kelly McCormick, Steven Chasman, Ethan Smith and Ainsley Davies.
Genre: Action-Thriller
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, and Helen Mirren
Director: David Leitch
Writer: Chris Morgan
Producers: Chris Morgan, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Hiram Garcia
Executive Producers: Dany Garcia, Kelly McCormick, Steven Chasman, Ethan Smith, Ainsley Davies
You know as well as I do that over the years lately that comedy spoof movies have not lived up to the hype as such greats of the past. I'm gonna make this real quick I want to talk about some great movies now let's go over the list of some great comedy spoof movies over the past.
We have the 1980s classic Airplane, the quintessential spoof movie you have, 2000s Scary Movie, you have Spaceballs, Hot Shots, Young Frankenstein, there's Robin Hood men in Tights, Austin Powers that's a spoof of the James Bond movies and Blazing Saddles this goes on and on and on and on the Naked Gun even in recent years you have a Hot Fuzz and Walk Hard.
Now those I'm going to put in the category even though as of late you know that they weren't really all that great. Black Dynamite that's also another good one now oh oh oh the Galaxy Quest perfect one is well that was a great spoof movie of Star Wars more Star Trek fandom. Over the years you've seen other attempts, now to me, I feel like as far as a franchise scale movie I think that ever since the Wayans brothers left that franchise (Scary Movie) that's what started the downward spiral of Spoofs.
Listed as the worst spoof movies so you got off the bat number one as Meet the Spartans,m you have the Disaster Movie, Epic movie, Vampires Suck, Dance Flick with Damon Wayans Jr is in that one. Scary movie 3 deserves it and these are the order, scary movie four, scary movie 5 yes that's right. Date Movie, they decided to get desperate after a while. Haunted House, Superhero movie.
I want you to remember that one because that's gonna go into a point when I'm about to make.
The movies weren't all great back then but the majority are very good than bad. Here is my theory on why a lot of these spoof movies have been terrible as of late. Now listen to or let the movies of the classic movies from the past were aware versus what they are today. When you go back to the best movie list you have movies like Robin Hood men in tights obviously making fun of like Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Things like that I know Robin Hood had to look at the budget.
Robin Hood Men in Tights budget was around 20 million dollar. 20 million dollars to make that more now Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 48 million dollar budget. The Adventures of Robin Hood two million. So Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 48 million dollars and its spoof was 20 meaning half the budget pretty much give or take marketing. now you have a movie like Superhero movie budget, 35 million dollars now what movies were there making fun of? x-men that's what stands out the most. You all probably know where I'm going with this, 35 million dollars for that piece of trash and the X-men movie budget was seventy five million dollar I didn't know that 75 million dollars to make x-men WOW. Then to make x-men x2 budget went up to 110, x-men 3 I didn't know that these movies were less than 200 million dollars back then I hate that net that tells me a lot right there x-men 3. You got a movie that budget was over a hundred million dollars and look at the special effects that they were able to pull off in the year 2000. we go back to superhero movie came out in 2008 by 2008 Iron Man was coming out Iron Man 140 million dollars. two hundred million dollars we were already getting into that let's put some real money into this stuff territory. at 140 million dollars. Superhero movie was 35 million dollars and the problem is they're trying to stretch out and make fun of more expensive movies.
Look at the budget, you're not going to spend as much money on a spoof movie you'd be stupid to do so but look what they're aiming at back in the day. That airplane wherever they were spoofing and then Robin Hood whatever they were spoofing the budgets were closer. the scenery, the paying of the actors and getting the special effects or the practical effects out of the way you weren't really going above and beyond you could pull it off and it doesn't have to be 100%. Look at Spaceballs, they were able to do it they in a time where they could use almost the same amount of money to pull off similar special effects to make the movie not of course it's still a spoof movie.
Spoofing a movie with a 200 million dollars plus budget like a James Cameron special effects film. To make that movie look so good was going to be just on point, any spoof of that you're probably going to be using what five to ten million dollars to get the makeup and all that stuff, pay your actors and then what you're only going to be making fun of them or whether in a couple of scenes it's going to look like crap so if you're not depending on good writing or good comedy and everything then you're special effects is suffering. You're not gonna come anywhere near that budget this is my theory and why comedy spoof movies are failing; they're aiming for targets that has already moved too far ahead in effects and budget.
A Blumhouse film keeps a low budget you strike the target or come closer to the target than you were trying to make fun of an Avatar or an Iron Man or an adventures superhero movie like that did. Its like what CM Punk said to the Rock, "your arms are just too short to box with God".
why are you attempting this kind of a fight? the target has moved too far ahead, it's too far down the road, it's too high above you why try spoofing movies not in the same playing field anymore at least back in the eighties in the nineties budget-wise they were close.
so let's look up the budget for Spaceballs, twenty two point seven million dollars. let's look up Empire Strikes Back because that was probably on the same time right there and Jedi. no way there can't be, the budget for Empire Strikes Back with 18 million dollars it costs more money to make Spaceballs.
I'm sorry I'm doing that wrong yes I guess that's like a 6 million little difference right there oh my goodness so evening when you combined Empire and Jedi you see where I'm going with this. it's still what one movie was still kind of in striking distance financially.
So that's my opinion on why these spoof movies have suffered. what do you think? am i way off base? Am I totally forgetting about the editing, the lighting, the producers, the directors the actors. Will there ever be a day when these spoof movies will ever come back again? let me know what you guys think hit the comments, put it in the box, hit the like button. thanks for taking the time to listen to me rant about this I want to know what you guys think about this as well.
I should have known he was coming once it was announced that Wrestlemania 33 will be in Orlando Florida. Through the Electricity and Fire Finally The Rock Has Come Back To Dallas which means finally the Rock has come back to Wrestlemania.
Wow, that entrance the R.O.C.K. on fire with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders bringing him back to the WWE. He first acknowledges the smiling faces in the crowd and says they will make a lot of Wrestlemania babies named Rock and Rockets. The Rock talks about the privilage to walk down the ramp and talk to the Millions and Millions. World Wide! It is time to do something that has never been done before. Records are made to be broken and The Rock is beaming with electricity to announce to the Universe that the WWE Universe has broken the attendance record with 101,763 in the audience today.
The Rock is all about the people and making the people about of his moments. Whether its on the big screen or twitter screen, Dwayne Johnson lives and breathes for his fans. Now its going to get good. The darkness hits and suddenly the Wyette family music is on. Catching flies in his mouth is all I can hear, still creeps me out. Bray Wyett leads his family to the ring. JBL says this can only spell trouble for the Rock, but I beg to differ.
The return of John Cena. He helps out the Rock to take out the trash meeting the WWE Universe with mixed recepection of fans, half of them screaming John Cena suck. One Attitude Adjustment, Five Knuckle Shuffle and Peoples Elbow later. It was a pretty good moment, till Cena came out and ruined it for me.
Not one side of the same coin as that other disaster movie 2012, its not even the same currency, Jack!
(This Review Contains Spoilers)
This movie succeeded where 2012 failed repeatedly in exactly three years.
The Dark Knight Music Returns
When you see the Warner Brothers Logo appear you are first pulled into this world by the music. Which from the second it starts immediately sounds familiar. I could have sworn Christian Bale was going to come out of nowhere and start yelling "Where Is She!?" The horns, gave away a Dark Knight vibe, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard need to get royalties from Andrew Lockington for that opening score rip off. It was too obvious. But I have to admit it fit perfectly in a disaster movie. When all hell's breaking loose I guess its possible the Joker is up to it.
Driving While Sending The Audience Obvious Messages
It's hilarious that in the beginning you have Morgan Griffin playing the first victim of the earthquake by showing us how she hates being alive so much that she'll drive on a narrow road built high into a mountain side, texting while driving, reaching for water on the floor of the passenger side, and almost
hitting an oncoming car. Oh, she wasn't wearing her seat belt either. Natalie (Griffin) was able to avoid all of these things that can get you killed while driving to be knocked off mountain by the first hit of the earthquake, fall over, flip about fifty million times and not die because a branch caught your smart care and you get to dangle on the edge till The Rock comes to rescue you with his team of bad-asses, while doing a documentary no less. The part where The Rock express superhuman abilities may or may not be out of touch. I don't believe The Rock could pull a door off a car but if it don't take you out of the movie then nothing will.
The ID4 Moment
I love those moments when everyone in the world are dumb and the only person who can figure out what is really going on is either Jeff Goldblum or Paul Giamatti in this case. Having him talk about great earthquakes in recorded history was another obvious set up that the nerd in the movie would be fighting off Earthquakes side by side with The Rock. But that never happened. I really loved the way his character was utilized. He gave a lot of motion to the film. The feeling that "This Is Not Just a Movie". I think if this were to really happen to California, Giamatti is the man to break to new. I didn't care much for the scene where his colleague, Dr. Kim Chung, played by Will Yun Lee died "Man of Steel" style, telling Giamatti in so many words, not to save him the way Clarks dad did. This time a little girl was saved by this kind stranger then when her mother comes to retrieve her and not as much as a "Thank You" were you pissed as I was? That was an ungrateful mother who I believe left her daughter to die.
The Only The Rock Cant Do Is Make A White Baby
During the Attitude era of the WWE The Rock once said this and it killed. Since Dwayne started getting more gigs, its been clear that his characters were always envisioned as Caucasian but The Rock is perfect for the role so we'll pretend its not possible that any of his children would have a tan or God forbid curly hair. When you see that Johnson is estranged from his wife and in the middle of a divorce. His ex, Carla Gugino sends so many signals for the Rock to try to fight for her, even in the house owned by the new boyfriend, Ioan Gruffudd but the Rock stubbornly resist all the signs and focuses on moving the plot along.
From Mr. Fantastic to Sterotypical Jerk Boyfriend In Record Time Ioan Gruffudd played a nice guy who just happened to be rich. That's usually the standard counter when the old boyfriend/husband is huge and intimidating physically. It seems that Hollywood thinks the only way to put a superior person in their place is by belittleing them by how much money they have or have not. But from the opening he was an OK guy. I was surprised because I assumed he'd be a jerk from the very first moment. Also typical. But he maintained a good guy quality throughout. Even when trouble came he did his best to do the right thing. When the moment came that the disaster was something more than just a typical earthquake his character quickly stripped away of any power that his money can provide and he regresses into survival mode.
At this point of the movie leaving behind your girlfriend's daughter to die looks like a jerk move. But in that situation when you think all is lost any one of us would have just fled the scene if there's no real family ties to another human being. The right thing to do is to do all that you can but even then I still could not blame him from running out of pure fear. Then the movie continued and he totally goes into pure A-hole mode and starts killing people to stay alive. Again you can chalk this up to survival of the fittest but after a while even I couldn't make any more excuses for this dude. I'm glad he got what he had coming to him. In the above picture. That's him on the left. Guess what happens next.
Recalling The Racial Quiet Rioters
what I found very interesting was the fact that when we're at our worst we find time to try to steal. I love the fact that the director tried his best to only test Caucasian looters when we all know that all people and all of all backgrounds races and religions will still during the times of disasters. This reminded me of the times during Hurricane Katrina when the media would show footage of white people taking things from stores and calling it findings and when they showed black people taking things from stores it was called stealing. I love this scene of crazy white people finding 50 inch screen TVs in finding Dodge trucks hand The Rock being the only minority that had to steal something to survive.
Because We Like When Everything Shakes
I have to take a moment to notice how much it's obvious that Alexandra Daddario and Carla Gugino are two of the most beautiful women in the world but the director obviously loves to have them running and having their breasts bounce around in almost every scene that they were in all while maintaining perfect salon quality hair.
Follow Me To Action
I found it very humorous that in the midst of all the chaos people will blindly listen to the guys in the crowd. I mean she obviously knows, and how to stay alive I mean look at him. Even his ex wife followed him out an airplane with only one para-shoot between the two of them. I have to admit that I'll never jump out of an airplane unless it was in the warm embrace of Dwayne Johnson's arms.
The Most Epic Water Ride Ever!
I don't care who you are, the scene with the boats all trying to get over the tidal wave before it crest was tense and I loved how everyone who had a boat all had the same goal in mind. I also love the fact that, not every made it. You're either on The Rock's boat or your going to die seems to be the message. The underlining message was also, "If you're not The Rock's daughter you'll die faster". While daughter Blake lugged around her love interest and his little brother played by Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Ben & Art Parkinson as Ollie. The "Two Brothers who saved me" as Blake put it in an emergency call to her parents. Was I the only one thinking how that would have been interpreted when she delivered that line? Probably, my mind always goes to awkward race stuff.
Too Convenient Till It Spelled DOOM
One of the umpteenth moments where it felt like "We're finally safe" then the very next moment was "Holy Crap!" The best was when Blake and the Brothers made it to her mothers boyfriends under construction tower as the tidal wave was coming inland. How she knew the exact floor to stop at instead of just going as high as possible but still managing to pick the last safest floor where the water wouldn't kill them, is beyond me. Then she had to say the scariest line disaster movie history. "This building is sinking!". I mean, What The H. E. double hockey sticks batman? Good thing Ben got that kiss out the way in the middle of the movie instead of the cliche moment at the very end till we roll credits or go off to fight General Zod. . .oops wrong movie.
Blakes Going To Die, Isn't She?
Said brilliantly by little Punky Brewster impersonator, Ollie. He gives the best cheesy lines like, "My San Andres guide book has everything". You mean to tell me this kid reads traditional map to the starts books and doesn't know what a landline is? This moment of the movie where Blake was seen in the trailer drowning was intense. My movie critic Jedi Master "John Campea" talks about Man Tears for movies like Best of The Best. But I had to shed some for this seen. Having a hero, Johnson, loose a daughter in flash back scenes, by drowning made the character struggle, but the idea that he'll loose two daughters the exact same way and see their faces as they died was just cruel. As a father it got me. Dude Tears bro.
911 Undertones
So who thought it was obvious that the American flag waving above the disaster right after Dwayne Johnson delivers the final clique catch phrase of the film "Now We Rebuild" was probably CGI?
My Take From The Film
I liked it. Its not going to win any best male or female anything at the Oscars, but for me, it fired on all four cylinders. This movie promised The Rock was going to face off with an earthquake and it did. Yes there were a ton of cheesy one liners but they were freaking awesome. It felt like there was a garage sale of awesome one liners and every actor in this movie had about twenty bucks to spend that day. This was the kind of movie that anyone could fall into. Just check your Shakespearean snooty criticisms at the door and enjoy the popcorn bro.
Its been 24 years since the original Point Break staring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. I'm surprised that Ericson Core is directing the remake since he already did in 2001 with a film called The Fast and The Furious. I guess since the orignal foundation of the Furious Franchise has changed from its Point Break rip off platform and has evolved into the awesome juggernaut with The Rock it was time to remind the world that Point Break was a freaking awesome movie.
I just watched the trailer after hearing a little bit about the plot from Jose Garcia (writer from Talking Through The Movies) and I've got to say, I orginally hated what I was visualizing. Lucky for me I decided to watch the trailer anyways. I was pleasently surprised. At first, I beleived Luck Bracey as Johnny Utah was doing a complete rip off of Paul Walker, which was weird because I was expecting him to be doing a complete rip of Reeves. Then as I got through each short clip the trailer began to capture me.
The idea of surfers robbing banks was awesome in the Extreme 90's but today having international banks being robbed by Extreme Athletes is so awesome I can't believe I'm not jumping off a plane and snow boarding as I type this. I'm officially on board to see this in the theaters. I already beleive that Edgar Ramirez has done a good job of severing ties from Swayzie's verson of Brodi which was something I was worried about. The movie could still wind up being a complete mess but from what I saw in the trailer I'm definitly excited.
