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Hobbs takes Deckard and Hattie 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's forces again. They retrieve the device before escaping in a truck during the facility's destruction, though Andreiko is killed and the device is damaged. After rendezvousing with Deckard's former flame Margarita to rearm in Moscow, the three infiltrate the facility. The three locate Snowflake's creator, Professor Andreiko, where they learn he purposed it to efficiently deliver vaccines, and to prevent Eteon from using it to eradicate humanity, Hattie, while the virus is still dormant, must either be cremated or have the virus removed with a specialized extraction device, which is located in Eteon's special facility in Chernobyl, Ukraine.Īlthough Hobbs was briefly detained due to Deckard making his fake alias 'Mike Oxmaul,' the three manage to travel to Moscow. However, Brixton frames all three as traitors via Eteon's control of global news media. Hobbs and Deckard pursue and rescue Hattie, and during an ensuing car chase, evade Brixton, who crashes into a double-decker bus. The office is attacked, and Hattie is taken by Brixton, whom Deckard recognizes as an old colleague-turned-enemy he believes killed by him. As Deckard arrives he informs him that she is actually his sister. Meanwhile Hobbs manages to find Hattie after a brief scuffle, he brings her to the CIA offices. After a brief meeting at a CIA black site at the Leadenhall Building, Deckard goes to Hattie's apartment for information, only to get attacked by Eteon operatives. Brixton frames Hattie for killing her team and stealing Snowflake, forcing her to go on the run.Įx- DSS Agent Luke Hobbs and ex-MI6 Agent Deckard Shaw are informed of the missing virus and reluctantly work together to track it down.

He arrives and kills all the agents except Hattie, who injects the only dose of Snowflake into herself before escaping. Brixton Lore is an ex-MI6 Agent turned Eteon operative with cybernetic implants that allow him to perform superhuman feats. In London, MI6 agent Hattie Shaw and her team attempt to retrieve a programmable supervirus dubbed 'Snowflake' from techno-terrorist organization Eteon. Hobbs & Shaw grossed $760 million worldwide, becoming the eleventh-highest grossing film of 2019.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the chemistry between Johnson and Statham but found it underwhelming when compared to other Fast & Furious films. Hobbs & Shaw premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on July 13, 2019, was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 2019, by Universal Pictures. Moritz filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures for breach of oral contract and committing promissory fraud related to his role on Hobbs & Shaw, which was eventually settled in September 2020. The film was subject to controversy after longterm Fast & Furious producer Neal H. Principal photography began that September and lasted through January 2019, with filming locations including London, Glasgow, and Kaua'i. Leitch signed on to direct in April 2018, and Kirby and Elba both joined the cast that July.

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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. In the film, the unlikely pairing of Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Statham) join Deckard's sister Hattie (Kirby) to take down Brixton Lore (Elba), a cybernetically enhanced terrorist threatening the world with a deadly virus. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, Cliff Curtis, and Helen Mirren. It is the first spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise, and is set following the events of The Fate of the Furious (2017). Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (also known simply as Hobbs & Shaw) is a 2019 buddy action comedy film directed by David Leitch from a screenplay by Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce, based on a story by Morgan.

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