Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Action, Adventure, Comedy • 2h 17m
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Eiza González, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Su'a, Cliff Curtis, Lori Pelenise Tuisano, John Tui, Joshua Mauga, Joe Anoa'i, Rob Delaney, Alex King, Tom Wu, John Macdonald, Georgia Meacham, Laura Porta, Ima Caryl, Shiloh Coke, Joshua Coombes, Meesha Garbett, Harry Hickles, Lucy McCormick, Stephen Mitchell, Akie Kotabe, Felicity Dean, Pete White, Peter Basham, Noah Maxwell Clarke, Joel MacCormack, Vineeta Rishi, Ryan Reynolds, David Mumeni, Gavin Esler, Ansu Kabia, Stephanie Vogt, Dan Li, Adam Ganne, Antonio Mancino, Dan H. McCormick, Thalissa Teixeira, James Dryden, Katia Elizarova, Ella-Rae Smith, Rain Chan, Lee Anne Nyagodzi, Maria Sergejeva, Mackenzie Proll, Jack Kane, Nathan Jones, Spencer Wilding, Axel Nu, Stephen Dunlevy, Timothy Connolly, David Leitch, Michael Wildman, Jobe Allen, Manoj Anand, Lasco Atkins, Pualani Avaeoru, Leo Ayres, Philip John Bailey, Lyon Beckwith, Daniel Bernhardt, Kishore Bhatt, Martin Bratanov, Sergio Briones, Jill Buchanan, Abbey Butler, Conlan Casal, Tim Connolly, Samantha Corcoran, Richard Curtis, James 'JD Knight' Dunn, Daniel Eghan, Viktorija Faith, Francesca Fraser, Vikrem Singh, Michel Alexandre Gonzalez, Mark Gooden, Sonia Goswami, Layne Hannemann, Kevin Hart, Patrick Doran, Ruth Clarson, Kalanikauleleiaiwi Jardine, Kyle Justin Leatherberry, Westley LeClay, Steven Lewington, Teresa Mahoney, Stephen McGowan, Peter Parker Mensah, Kelemete Misipeka, Pingi Moli, Richard James Montgomery, Sascha Panknin, Hio Pelesasa, Peter Rooney, Israel Ruiz, Rubens Saboia, Ben Santos, Dave Simon, David Sturgeon, Matt Symonds, Matt Townsend, Rutvig Vaid, Jay Waddell, Nicholas Walker, Ryan Bailey, Richard Price, Grant Crookes, Josh Turner
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Overview
Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton's ruthless actions threaten the future of humanity, they join forces to defeat him.
Director: Rob Cohen
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Universal 4K Blu-ray 25th Anniversary Edition
Universal 4K Blu-ray 25th Anniversary Edition (with Dolby Vision), comparisons: #1, #2
The 2026 re-release corrects cropping and grading on some VFX shots, otherwise it's the same master with better encoding.
The old BD (2009 with many later identical re-releases) is very good, compared even to the theatrical DTS track, over which it has a slight edge thanks to discrete LFE (as theatrical DTS tracks derive LFE from other channels).
The 2018 4K includes a relatively tasteful DTS:X remix, the 2026 #4K includes a more revisionistic Dolby Atmos remix, with more added foley effects and a significant frequency roll-off. Neither of the remixes is as punchy as the original mix.
Director: Justin Lin
Universal Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Director: James Wan
Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD MA 7.1, 4K Blu-ray just has lossy DTS-HD HR 7.1
Theatrical: Universal 4K Blu-ray
Extended Director's Cut: 4K Streaming
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Box Set coming on October 20th with FiM encode
DTS:X mix most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD has additional features not found on the 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Director: James Whale
Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026
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