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Lucas "Luke" Hobbs, or simply Hobbs by his last name, is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Letty Ortiz) of the Fast & Furious franchise.

He is a highly skilled bounty hunter for the DSS and the lead federal agent who initially attempted to capture Dominic Toretto and his team in Fast Five, before becoming a major ally later on.

He is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson, who also played Mathayus the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns and the first The Scorpion King film, Beck in The Rundown, Joe Kingman in The Game Plan, Derek Thompson in The Tooth Fairy, Captain Chuck T. Baker in Planet 51, Hank Parsons in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Hercules in the titular 2014 film, Ray Gaines in San Andreas, Bob Stone in Central Intelligence, Maui in Moana, Mitch Buchannon in the 2017 film adaptation of Baywatch, Spencer Gilpin/Dr. Smolder Bravestone in the Jumanji films, Davis Okoye in Rampage, Will Sawyer in Skyscraper, Frank Wolff in Jungle Cruise, Krypto in DC League of Super-Pets, Black Adam in the titular film of the DC Extended Universe, and Callum Drift in Red One.

Overview[]

Hobbs is a former agent of the Diplomatic Security Service. Hobbs was once tasked to capture then fugitives Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Conner after they were framed for the death of three DEA agents in Rio de Janeiro but decided to join them in their heist after his team was murdered in an ambush by Hernan Reyes.

He later enlisted the help of Dominic Toretto's Crew to apprehend Owen Shaw, and helped apprehend Owen's brother Deckard following the presumed death of Han Seoul-Oh. He sought help from Dominic's crew once more for a clandestine operation and was eventually forced to work with Deckard in order to prevent a nuclear war triggered by a cyberterrorist named Cipher when Dominic appears to join her syndicate. In the end, they made amends with each other and both of them are apart of Dom's team.

Two years later, Hobbs was forced to work with Deckard once again to aid his sister Hattie, who injected herself with a virus capable of eliminating half of the global population, while defending themselves from Brixton Lore, a super soldier created by the secretive organization Eteon.

Personality[]

Practical, resourceful, smart and extremely courageous, Hobbs has a serious and formidable personality. Hobbs is a strict and single-minded person, he was dedicated to his profession as an agent in the Diplomatic Security Service. He tends to chafe when operating with other authorities, government or localized, and prefers to work within his own perimeters. However, Hobbs displays a strong sense of loyalty to those who work alongside him, and is willing to defend them without question unless given reason. Hobbs works preemptively when concerning new or temporary partners, researching their background to better understand their character.

Hobbs does not question the perimeters of his orders when they're given to him. Whereas Elena Neves would question the circumstances of her targets as a police officer, Hobbs pursues Brian O'Conner and Dominic Toretto without question to the larger picture or their motives because their names "hit his desk". Whether or not the information given to him is the complete truth doesn't matter. However, when betrayed or corrected on a situation, Hobbs is willing to work with then convicted felons like Toretto or O'Conner in exchange for revenge for Reyes killing his men. Despite his position as a federal agent, Hobbs follows an "ends justifies the means" ideology and is not reluctant or shy about breaking the law or using brutal tactics to ascertain information. Hobbs is not entirely against granting pardons to known criminals when the situation calls for assistance or information he may not be able to access immediately with bargaining.

Now a comrade of Toretto, Hobbs becomes more relaxed when in the company of Dominic and his crew, as seen during his time with Tej Parker at car auction. Hobbs is willing to request help from the outside when dealing with criminals and target that are perhaps too capable for him to handle alone. One example being Toretto's crew. Despite this he doesn't see them as expendable pawns and does what he can to look out for their well-being. One example was when he tagged Toretto's car when he went out searching for Letty, which ended up saving his life. Hobbs's closest partnership was with that of Elena Neves, who joined the DSS and worked alongside Hobbs following the incident in Rio. He later demonstrated immense loyalty to Toretto's crew, risking self-harm after being hospitalized for injuries sustained while fighting Deckard Shaw, to help them apprehend Shaw and stop Mose Jakande when they entered in Los Angeles.

As a father, he trusts Elena to look after his daughter, Samantha. Hobbs communicates freely with his daughter, perhaps divulging minor details of his work such as the people he meets, like Dominic Toretto, without comprising his job or endangering his daughter. Hobbs is often condescending and belittling of criminals and opponents. Whether or not his opponents fall the bait is largely dependent on their self control and position within a circumstance. Hobbs is prideful and rarely shows modesty, but often has the skill and ability to back up his disparaging commentary and ability to adapt to situations.

Hobbs subscribes to the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Bruce Lee.

Abilities[]

According to Deckard Shaw, Hobbs is decorated with a Silver Star for valor. The Director of Eteon has called Hobbs "formidable."

• Peak Human Condition: Hobbs, as a self-proclaimed "mountain of a man," wields incredible physical strength, durability, endurance and surprisingly vast speed and reflexes for someone of his size and build, outclassing even the likes of Dominic Toretto and Deckard Shaw. Hobbs has been compared to superheroes such as the Hulk, Captain America and She-Hulk as well as deities like Thor and Hercules for his peak physical condition. Hobbs maintains a healthy diet and engages in arduous exercise to remain in tremendous shape.
  • Peak Human Strength: Hobbs's strength is at nearly superhuman levels. His strength even surpassed Dominic Toretto, as he would have overpowered him had he not gained more strength from seeing Letty in danger, displaying the capability of, throwing him over his shoulder and tackling him through a window in their fight along with also pummeling him hard enough to make him bleed quite badly and managing to break out of Dominic's hold and restrain him repeatedly, being strong enough that Dominic was barely able to break out the first time and he only did so the second time from being strengthened upon seeing his friends in danger, even then he was not able to overpower Hobbs without great effort. He also proved capable of surpassing Klaus's strength, who had earlier tossed aside Dominic, able to grip and pull his face away despite Klaus's resistance and normally hurt and stagger him whereas Dominic only knocked him down with a jumping blow. He also easily rag-dolled Oakes when he interrogated the latter, and almost broke a man's hand by gripping it. Hobbs was able to break his cast by flexing his arm and carried a drone's minigun. He also broke the chain on his handcuffs when Little Nobody angered him, pulled a stone bench out of his prison cell and proceeded to curl it without strain, lifted a prison guard into the doorway of his cell, closed a heavy door with one hand against a prisoner's arm, pushed a knife-wielding inmate across the floor, lifted a prison guard and threw him at other guards twice, smacked a guard with a shotgun and dropped him, headbutted a fully equipped guard, knocked back three guards with riot shields, dented a metal wall with his fist when he learned of Deckard's apparent death, and overpowered several separatists on Vladovin. He was able to lift Hattie overhead with one arm, easily catch a car battery thrown at him, rip off the arm of a metal chair, and according to Brixton Lore's ocular sensors, he has a punching force of 1,248 pounds (566.08 kilograms). Hobbs' greatest feat was holding onto both Deckard's truck and Brixton's helicopter simultaneously. Hattie has exaggerated that Hobbs looks like he "could pick up a building." Although Hobbs was not a match for Brixton's strength, he was still shown to be able to fight against his modified body better than Deckard, as his blows were able to affect Brixton more and he was even able to make Brixton struggle to push him back for a moment when he tackled him before getting overpowered and restrain Brixton long enough to lift him and fling him with enough force to break a rock.
  • Peak Human Durability: Hobbs, due to his extremely muscular build, is tremendously durable. He has proven to be able to take blows from the likes of Dominic, Deckard and even the super-humanly strong Brixton Lore, with only minor injuries, and even fell out of a building a few stories high with only a few fractured bones, recovering in time to help Dom's crew. He was unfazed when Hattie broke a bottle over his face, and he also withstood four intense electrical shocks when Brixton tortured him and Shaw.
  • Peak Human Speed: Despite his massive size, Hobbs is able to move and run at great speeds. According to Brixton Lore's ocular sensors, he can punch at a speed of 13.854 meters per second (30.99 miles per hour/49.87 kilometers per hour).
  • Peak Human Reflexes: Hobbs is easily capable of blocking and dodging attacks from even the surprisingly fast Dominic, eventually outpacing and getting a grip on him, and was able to fight against Deckard's great mobility to a better extent than Toretto did, able to react to Deckard's attacks after initial struggle and soon begin to successfully land hits, ultimately resulting in Hobbs overpowering and pinning Deckard. Hobbs' reflexes also allowed him to quickly grab a chain holding Brixton's helicopter after it was unraveled.
• Master Marksman: Hobbs is a deadly marksman. When he was thrown off Owen Shaw's flip car, he shot six magnum shots at the car, three of which hit their mark. He quickly shot and killed Hernan Reyes, and he was also able to shoot a bag full of grenades left on Mose Jakande's helicopter by Dominic Toretto. In addition to his revolver sidearm, Hobbs is also skilled with pistols, rifles, sub-machine guns, sniper rifles, and rocket launchers.
• Master Martial Artist: Hobbs is also an exceptional martial artist which coupled with his superior condition allow him to effortlessly beat multiple men even those with advanced fighting training. Hobbs fighting level even surpasses that of the extremely skilled street-fighter Dominic Toretto, as he consistently countered and gained the upper hand over Dominic and even when Dominic only managed to briefly overwhelm him when he was surprised, he was quickly able to regain the upper hand and restrain him. Even when Dominic briefly became bolstered by seeing Mia, Hobbs still managed to briefly gain on Dominic but was eventually bested. Along with that, he proved able to match Klaus whereas Dominic was overpowered by him and defeat the incredibly skilled Deckard, who had fought Dominic to a stalemate, as he was able to slyly dominate him even though Deckard managed to at times gain the upper hand, requiring Deckard to use his knife to get the better of him. He was also able to subdue Hattie when they were both holding back to not kill. He effortlessly took down many prisoners and security guards in a maximum-security prison, making use of his great strength. Hobbs and Shaw later cooperated in defeating Brixton Lore in combat.
• Expert Tracker: Locke has said that Hobbs is the world's best tracker. He easily located Hattie Shaw when she was framed for killing her team.
• Trilingualism: Hobbs speaks his native Samoan as well as fluent English. He also knows Maori, as he taught a Maori chant to his daughter's soccer team.

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Hobbs in Fast & Furious 6.

Hobbs vs. Deckard Shaw.

Hobbs in Hobbs and Shaw

Hobbs in Fast X

Trivia[]

• Tommy Lee Jones was originally considered for the role of Hobbs before Dwayne Johnson was selected. In additional to Jones, Josh Gad, Robert Downey Jr., Topher Grace, Owen Wilson, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Jason Sudeikis, John C. Reilly, Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Jason Lee, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Danny McBride, Will Smith, Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, David Koechner and the late Robin Williams were also considered for the role of him.
• Hobbs' weapon of choice are the .44 magnum or being officially named as Smith and Wesson 629 revolver (the latter being his service sidearm). When Mr. Nobody visits him at the crew's New York City apartment, he is given a present containing his DSS badge and a new Glock machine pistol with a X-Series flashlight and a holographic sight.
• Hobbs has a habit of calling people both by their first names and last names randomly.
• Dwayne Johnson was cast as Luke Hobbs in Fast Five after Vin Diesel read a Facebook comment that expressed the desire to see Dominic Toretto fight "The Rock".
• Luke Hobbs does not smile in Fast Five until the end of the film.
• In Fast & Furious 6, Hobbs shows he possesses a certain knowledge of cars. However, Tej Parker speculated he merely read from a brochure.
• In Fast & Furious 6, frequent jokes are made by Roman Pearce about Hobbs's use of baby oil.
• In Furious 7, a television in Hobbs hospital room features a clip of the November 16, 1991 Miami Hurricanes vs. Flordia State Seminoles game. Dwayne Johnson was a defensive player on the Miami Hurricanes and participated in the November 1991 game.
• In the film Hobbs and Reyes, Luke Hobbs may find out what happened to Dominic Toretto and his Team and perhaps he will begin to avenge them on Dante Reyes and protect his family from him.

External Links[]

• Luke Hobbs on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
• Luke Hobbs on the The Fast and the Furious Wiki

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