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Aug 12, 2019, 2:45 pm SGT

SINGAPORE - Dwayne Johnson is Luke Hobbs of the United States Diplomatic Security Service, a federal agent who once hurled a torpedo with his bare hands.

Jason Statham is rogue British Special Forces mercenary Deckard Shaw. He torpedoed a plane full of assassins while babysitting.

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