YMMV / Hobbs & Shaw

• Arc Fatigue: A rather common complaint is that, despite Statham' and Johnson' excellent chemistry and lines, the film overexploits the development of their Vitriolic Best Buds relationship, with their colourful bickering becoming tiresome the seventh time or so it is used as a gag. It doesn't help that the film seems to undo all the bonding they had done in the previous in order to repeat it again as this film's own schtick.
• Ass Pull: Much like everything involving Cypher and Owen, the reveal that Deckard never actually betrayed MI6 and was framed by Brixton is very clearly thrown in to make him more palatable as a hero following his Heel–Face Turn in the previous film, after so many people got upset at Deckard being so Easily Forgiven for killing Han.
• Complete Monster: Brixton Lore was once an agent for MI6 before betraying them to join the terrorist organization Eteon, killing his whole team and framing fellow agent Deckard Shaw for crime, forcing Deckard into hiding and becoming a criminal. Getting shot by Deckard, Brixton would be resurrected by Eteon and turned into a cyborg Super-Soldier, becoming their chief enforcer carrying out their nefarious plans; one of which involves unleashing the super-virus "Snowflake" onto the world to eradicate one half of the world's human population. Pursuing Deckard's sister Hattie to retrieve the virus, Brixton would kill her whole team before framing her for the murders and attacks a CIA headquarters to kidnapped Hattie when she injects herself with the virus. Loosing Hattie to Deckard Shaw and Luke Hobbs, Brixton would torture Professor Andreiko about the trio's whereabouts and later tortures Hobbs and Shaw before Hattie rescues them, causing Brixton to travel to Samoa, hoping to kill them there.
• Ending Fatigue: The climax is action packed but goes on much longer then it should've. We got the fight against Brixton's forces against Hobbs family along with Shaw, a car chase and finally the final battle with Brixton himself which sets up a future baddie.
• Evil Is Cool: Brixton Lore is a cybernetically-enhanced terrorist with a Cool Bike and sleek black outfit played by Idris Elba.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Kevin Hart plays a guy who wants to get in on the action in a franchise built around car chases. Shortly after the film’s release, he suffered a horrific compound spinal fracture in a car accident.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • Hobbs making amends with his brother Jonah, apologizing for abandoning the family and admitting his love for his brother. Jonah says "I love you too, brother" and gives him a big hug.
  • The end credits are a twofer: Deckard and Hattie Shaw go to visit their mother in prison together to show her that they've reconciled like she wished, and Luke Hobbs brings his daughter Samantha to Samoa to finally meet her grandmother and the rest of their family.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Roman Reigns plays one of Hobbs' brothers, Mateo. Reigns also happens to be the cousin of Dwayne Johnson. In 2024, while leading The Bloodline, Reigns welcomes The Rock in the Bloodline during his feud with Cody Rhodes.
• Ho Yay: More than one person has claimed that Hobbs has more sexual tension and chemistry with Shaw than he does with Hattie, considering that most of their interactions consist of bickering.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Brixton's line of declaring himself "black Superman" was memetic enough. Then another trailer came out where the plot involves Brixton getting his hands on a virus that is so potent it could wipe out half the population. Cue people insisting that Brixton is more "black Thanos" and using his "perfectly balanced" quote.
  • It's become a common fun pastime for people to show friends who've never watched any of The Fast and The Furious movies the first film and this film back-to-back and watch them try to figure out how the series ended up here.
• Narm Charm: The general critical consensus is that the film is very over-the-top and silly, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
• Unexpected Character: A bit more like "Unexpected Actor" but the movie's promotional material went to great lengths to conceal the fact that Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart would be appearing', and would each have small but vital roles in the plot.

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