Film Preview: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

Page Revisions:

(April 28, 2019) Original
(July 7, 2019) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#6)
(July 28, 2019) New Posters (#7-#8)

Release Date:

August 2, 2019

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.”

Poster Rating: C+ / C (4) / B- / C+ / C-

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Review: It’s the Green Acres of poster designs. New York is where he’d rather stay. Meanwhile, London is the place to be. It’s also about as visually distinctive as that show was. (#2-#5) This series of character posters are dull and lifeless.

(#6) Diagonal action is now quite overused and while the lack of background details is a failing, this isn’t a bad design for this particular film.

(#7) There’s too much white here. While it does accentuate the scenes contained hereon, it does not make for a appealing visual design. (#8) There’s nothing here of merit as is too often the case with designs for IMAX presentations.

Trailer Rating: B- / C

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Review: (#1) There’s plenty of action here to entice fans of the Fast & Furious series, but the film is almost mirthless in places, which doesn’t seem that appealing.

(#2) Apart from the killer chase sequences, this franchise hasn’t had much to offer. This trailer presents even less of merit for the audience hoping that familiarity with Fast & Furious combined with those awesome action set pieces will draw people to the theater without any idea of why the plot is important.