‘Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw’ franchise in Lankan cinemas from today

American action film ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ will be released today in over 10 Lankan cinemas.

They are Liberty by Scope Cinemas, Colombo City Centre, MC Cinemas, Empire Cinema, Regal – Gampaha/Nuwara Eliya/Jaffna, Aruna Kiribathgoda, Sky Lite Malabe, Savoy Cinemas and Roou Katunayaka.

It is a spin-off of ‘The Fast and the Furious’ franchise centered round the titular Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, characters introduced in the main series. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, the film follows the unlikely allies who are forced to team up against a greater threat. Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, cliff Curtis and Helen Mirren also star.

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), as 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 story by longtime ‘Fast & Furious’ narrative architect Chris Morgan and a screenplay by Morgan and Drew Pearce (‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,’ ‘Iron Man 3’), the film is produced by Johnson, Statham, Morgan and Hiram Garcia. The executive producers are Dany Garcia, Kelly McCormick, Ethan Smith, Ainsley Davies and Steven Chasman.