To fill up on testosterone and cars that blow up their meters, Netflix offers 3 films that have it under the hood: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Ambulance And Baby Driver.
Since the beginnings of the seventh art, but especially since the placing in the Pantheon of cult sagas like Fast & Furiouscar chases based on impressive acceleration and explosions have become legion in action cinema.
SVOD platforms like Netflix allow you to enjoy these great shows without the fuss, directly from your sofa.
So you have the choice between a big arm combo with Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shawexplosions at every corner with Ambulanceor an edgy musical break with Baby Driver.
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw on Netflix, the big arms festival
When it comes to car races and ever more spectacular (and oh so improbable) action scenes, the saga Fast & Furious always comes in pole position. But to change from the traditional adventures of Dominic Toretto and his famous “family”, the series of films has been reinvented with the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw. Focused on two peripheral characters, who had previously faced each other in Fast & Furious 7this concentrate of big arms brings together Dwayne Johnson (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Jason Statham (Expendables) and Idris Elba (Bugged, Thor: Ragnarok), but also Vanessa Kirby (The Crown).
Hobbs, a loyal security agent for the United States, and Shaw, a former member of the British military elite, two sworn enemies, find themselves collaborating here (how original). Their goal: to stop Brixton, a genetically modified anarchist, who got his hands on an ultra-dangerous weapon, after knocking out Hattie, Shaw’s sister. This derivative of Fast & Furious is thus a hard-hitting blockbuster, which obviously highlights motorized vehicles of all kinds, to better underline the charisma of its main characters. A film to enjoy with popcorn, to get your dose of oiled muscles, without thinking too much about the crushing heat of summer.
- Watch if you liked: the saga Fast & Furious ; The carrier ; Expendables ; Red Notice ; Bullet Train
- Must see if you are looking for: stock ; fight; humor ; big cars; gold casting; sibling ; super naughty and super nice; unplug his brain; jokes; see the highest concentration of big arms per m² ever recorded
Ambulance on Netflix, the explosive robbery
It’s a fact: Michael Bay is not known for his delicate filmography. Of transformers To Pearl Harbor Passing by Armageddonthe filmmaker is best known for his deluge of explosions and big-budget action. Ambulance is no exception to the rule. The film unfolds the story of Will, a veteran in need of money to cover his wife’s medical expenses. He then calls on Danny, his adoptive brother with criminal inclinations, who offers him to carry out the biggest bank robbery in the history of Los Angeles by stealing 32 million dollars.
But the coup obviously does not go as planned and the two accomplices will have to improvise by hijacking an ambulance. On board: the rescuer Cam Thompson, who must take a fatally injured policeman to the hospital as quickly as possible. Then begins an infernal chase with the police…
You probably guessed it when reading this summary: Ambulance smells like testosterone and flipped cars, but for subtlety it will be extra. For this supercharged feature film, Michael Bay has put forward his technological know-how, bombarding the staging with shots made with drones. A bias that ends up being a bit indigestible, as the aerodynamic plans shake our eyes (and our stomachs). Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (watch men) and Eiza González (Baby Driver) still form a convincing trio in this fun film, not to be taken literally.
- Watch if you liked: Speed; Transformers ; SourceCode; Bullet Train
- Must see if you are looking for: thriller; stock ; fight; robbery ; family affairs; hostages; chases; big budget explosions; endless shots of drones; unplug his brain; without dead time; surgical operations at 100 km/h
Baby Driver on Netflix, the musical break between two “vroom vroom”
If the noise of the engines and the detonations end up knocking you down the system, but you still crave the action, we can only over-advise you to give the melodic a chance. Baby Driver. In this heist film, in which big cars play a crucial role, Baby is a driver who specializes in criminal acts. And this singular pilot has a rather original characteristic: suffering from tinnitus, he cannot do without music to direct his frantic chases. But when this outstanding driver meets the girl of his dreams, he will try to get back on the right track, after one last ambitious blow…
Directed by protean filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim), Baby Driver is an absolutely brilliant ballet without downtime, which should captivate all music lovers. In this enjoyable action film, everything is thought out to be set to the rhythm of the music, like a metronome like flying and skidding. The whole is embellished with an original soundtrack with little onions, between rock’n’roll classics and little-known nuggets. We would like to see feature films like Baby Driverwhich features Ansel Elgort (West Side Story), Lily James (Pam & Tommy) but also Jon Hamm (madmen) in a colorful universe. A real treat for the eyes and the ears.
- Watch if you liked: drive; Scott Pilgrim ; the saga Fast & Furious
- Must see if you are looking for: heist film; gold casting; car racing; stock ; humor ; gangs; romance; staggered; (re)discover musical classics; have the rhythm under your skin
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