“Hobbs & Shaw” is a spin-off from the “Fast & Furious” franchise and it’s probably the most testosterone fuelled nonsense ever made. It’s like “Lethal Weapon” on steroids. This is a totally brainless film filled with explosions and goofy one-liners.

Lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson “Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle”, “The Mummy Returns”) and assassin Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham “Crank”, “The Expendables”) are bitter enemies but they’re going to have to put aside their differences and work together. They’re tasked with stopping a cyber-enhanced supervillain (Idris Elba “The Losers”).

Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw was easily my favourite character from the “Fast & Furious” films so it’s great to see him in a larger role. I don’t mind Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs. This is clearly trying to be a buddy cop pairing like in “Lethal Weapon”, “Rush Hour” and “Red Heat”. Idris Elba is decent as Brixton, who feels more like a feel out of a superhero movie than a “Fast & Furious” movie. Vanessa Kirby (“About Time”) is reasonable as Hattie. Really, the characters in this movie are not so important because the focus is on the car chases, the explosions and all the other ridiculous stunts and vehicular carnage.

“Hobbs & Shaw” is about as stupid and soulless as action movies can get. If you can turn off your brain for a while, you’ll have fun. It’s full of exciting action sequences and parts of it are genuinely funny. It never aspires to be even vaguely meaningful; this is just pure Hollywood action. If you like the “Fast & Furious” movies, you’ll probably love this one too. The franchise just keeps getting more and more juvenile. I also didn’t miss Vin Diesel (“Pitch Black”) or Tyrese Gibson (“Baby Boy”). If you enjoyed films such as the “Fast & Furious” sequels, “The Expendables” or the Michael Bay “Transformers” pictures, “Hobbs & Shaw” will delight you.