It seems that one of the most solid and realistic franchises in history, The Fast And Furious franchise, has a plot hole in it!
Oh goodness! My immersion is ruined!
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‘Hobbs And Shaw’.
This is the ninth film in the Fast and Furious franchise, and we can only hope they’ll make more.
Boom! Shazoom! Vroom! All these are sounds these movies love to make.
I really think they’re jumping the shark with this one.
I mean, going from driving really fast cars and making all those aforementioned sounds to a story about a boy and his imaginary tiger?
It could never work!
What’s that?
whispers
That’s not what this movie’s about?
whispers
That’s Calvin and Hobbes, this is Hobbs and Shaw?
whispers
It’s actually a movie about two guys fighting and driving cars and explosions and aforementioned sounds? Well, good then.
So here we are.
And in a franchise that prides itself on doing some pretty ridiculous things, you’d think they’d run out of ideas by the ninth film.
What else could they possibly do?
I mean…
We had that supposedly 20-mile-long airport runway, we’ve had tank battles on the ice, we’ve even seen Dominic Toretto betray his family!
That one seemed the least likely of all, to be honest.
And of course…
After eight long movies, we introduced the characters of Lucas Rebecca “Luke” Hobbs, a hard-nosed, tough federal agent turned globetrotting car-driver and Deckard Shaw, hard-nosed, tough ex-special forces member turned globetrotting assassin.
However…
It seems that fans, who have suspended disbelief for about eight films now, can no longer do it.
So, what has finally done in Fast And Furious fans? You won’t believe it…
Was it the stunts?
No, but keep in mind there are a lot of ridiculous ones in this movie, just like the rest of them.
Dwayne the Rock Jonhson manages to hold onto a helicopter with nothing but his winning attitude and gigantic muscles…
There is a character…
Played by Idris Elba Brixton Lore / Black Superman, who can use cybernetic augments in order to perform superhuman feats.
But no, this isn’t the thing fans are calling out.
It’s the fact that apparently, Jason Statham and Vanessa Kirby are supposed to be siblings.
Not just siblings though, siblings that are pretty darn close in age.
Why does that matter?
Considering their real-life age difference, it’s a bit of a stretch.
This tweet tells you when each of the actors was born, and you can see a pretty major difference.
Don’t get me wrong…
Jason Statham (Shaw) looks pretty good for his age, but there’s no way he’s in his early 30s.
Which is exactly how old Vanessa Kirby is. Now, for the burning question…
How old are they supposed to be?
Well, they never outright say it, but their mother says they were close as kids and a flashback from the film implies they aren’t but two years apart age-wise.
While no one is exactly outraged, they finally got their suspension of disbelief broken.
After years and years of insane stunts going on the big-screen, it was a pair of old and young actors that finally nailed fans.
What do you think?
Is this too much for you to bear? Or are you just going to ignore it and enjoy the movie regardless?
Personally, they lost me after they made Dominic the bad guy.
