It seems like most of the movies hitting theaters the last few years are sequels, prequels or relaunches of old franchises. While there have been very few movies we are excited to check out or make it worth seeing in theaters. That is, of course, except Nobody 2. The original Nobody film didn’t get the large opening it should have in theaters releasing as everything was just opening back up after the pandemic. Most of the fans of the film found it later, or are just finding it now before the sequel comes out. But the movie, characters and world created around Hutch and his family, is one that is compelling enough to bring in audiences this time around.
Bob Odenkirk reprises his role of Hutch Mansell, an every-day boring husband and dad by day, but a paid killer when he has to be. Previously retired, Nobody brought him back into the sorted crime world, and back in action protecting his family. The only mistake he made, burning all of the Russian mafia’s money. Now, he’s forced back into the job taking out bad guys and trying to balance life at home again. Even with a lot on the line, they decide it’s time for a family vacation and Hutch books them a room at a water park in the middle of nowhere where he has great childhood memories.
Unfortunately, not everything is as it seems in the small resort town, and Hutch ends up having to work thru the family vacation, so they can all get home safely.
The movie is well balanced in action, comedy and characters that you just love to see taken down by Hutch. Odenkirk continues to kick butt on screen with creative fight scenes and some pretty bloody kills. It seems like he’s a great balance of the nice guy image but also someone who we may all need to look out for.
Nobody 2 is worth the time and probably one of the only sequels that we highly recommend checking out in theaters. It’s the action movie the summer has been waiting for.
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About Nobody 2
Sometimes the most dangerous place for a dad is a family vacation.
Bob Odenkirk returns as suburban husband, father and workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell in the new chapter to Nobody, the hit 2021 bare-knuckle action-thriller that opened at number one at the U.S. box office.
Four years after he inadvertently took on the Russian mob, Hutch remains $30 million in debt to the criminal organization and is working it off with an unending string of hits on international thugs.
Much as he likes the slam-bang action of his “job,” Hutch and his wife Becca (International Emmy nominee Connie Nielsen) find themselves overworked and drifting apart. So, they decide to take their kids (Gage Munroe, Paisley Cadorath) on a short getaway to Wild Bill’s Majestic Midway and Waterpark, the one and only place where Hutch and his brother Harry (Grammy and Emmy nominee RZA) went on a vacation as kids.
With Hutch’s dad (Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd) in tow, the family arrives in the small tourist town of Plummerville (“Plummerville is Summerville!”), eager for some fun in the sun.
But when a minor encounter with some town bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator (John Ortiz; Fast and Furious franchise, Bumblebee) and his shady sheriff (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Colin Hanks), Hutch finds himself the focus of the most unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss he (or anyone) has ever encountered (Emmy winning and Oscar® nominated screen icon, Sharon Stone).
Nobody 2 is an 87North/Eighty Two Films/Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment production, directed by Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us, The Big 4). The screenplay is by returning writer Derek Kolstad (John Wick, Die Hart) and by Aaron Rabin (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), from a story by Derek Kolstad, based on characters created by Derek Kolstad.
This film’s returning producers are 87North founders Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, The Fall Guy) and David Leitch (Bullet Train, The Fall Guy); Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment founder Marc Provissiero (No Hard Feelings, PEN15), Eighty Two Films founder Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water, Samaritan); and Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad). The executive producer is David Hyman.