The action-packed first trailer for “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” has finally arrived, and it was worth the wait.
The film finds the unlikely duo of Dwayne Johnson’s former U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s ex-MI6 agent Deckard Shaw teaming up to save the world (Hobbs’ fourth time) from a new baddie: Idris Elba’s international terrorist Brixton. Unlike most “bad guys,” as he calls himself, Brixton is seemingly indestructible.
“I’m dealing with the future of the planet. I’m the necessary shock to the system. I am human evolutionary change — bulletproof, superhuman,” he says.
In addition to the usual car chases and high-flying acts characteristic of the franchise, the trailer also features a good deal of buddy comedy.