Nobody 2, 2025.
Directed by Timo Tjahjanto.
Starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Colin Salmon, Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, and Sharon Stone.
SYNOPSIS:
Bob Odenkirk’s action hero side continues to shine in Nobody 2, in which Hutch Mansell and his family go on vacation and, of course, end up with a lot more excitement than they bargained for. The original cast is back, along with Colin Hanks as a shady sheriff, John Ortiz as a local criminal, and Sharon Stone as a take-no-prisoners (literally) underworld boss who chews the scenery.
In my opinion, when comparing the two franchises, Nobody beats John Wick, hands-down. (I know, a little edit of that sentence could turn it into the opposite point.) For my money, it’s a lot more fun watching Bob Odenkirk play a put-upon suburban dad who happens to be able to kill people with his bare hands, if necessary, than watching Keanu Reeves play a disaffected hitman who’s brought back into the fray.
Nobody was a fun little ride when it was released in 2021. Odenkirk played Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad with two kids (played by Gage Munroe and Paisley Cadorath) and a wife (Connie Nielsen) and the kinds of problems guys like him face: not getting the trash can to the curb in time for pick-up; surly teenagers; and a spouse who needs him to pay as much attention to her as he does to everything else.
The twist was that Hutch was a retired hitman who gets pulled back into his old lifestyle, which he and his adopted younger brother Harry (RZA) learned from their father, retired FBI agent David (Christopher Lloyd). After the events of that film, Hutch is stuck in the old lifestyle again due to a debt he needs to pay down to a crime boss, and he finds himself taking assignments that end up being more complicated than he expected.
Said assignments cause him to miss his son’s sporting events, among other things, and his wife, Becca, is starting to get frustrated by all of it. So he declares that he’s going on vacation with his family in an attempt to have some quality time with everyone, and he’s not only going to bring along his dad, but they’re going to stay at the place he stayed as a kid, during the one vacation he went on during childhood.
I’m sure you can see what happens next coming from a mile away: said vacation spot is actually a haven for criminal activity enabled by a shady sheriff (Colin Hanks) and the son of the guy who used to run the amusement park there, played by John Ortiz. So, of course, Hutch gets unwittingly mixed-up in the goings-on there, which ends up attracting the attention of underworld boss Lendina (Sharon Stone), who is the recipient of the profits from the local criminal enterprise.
The plot takes a few nice twists and turns along the way, though, and Odenkirk, Lloyd, and RZA are once more a blast to watch as they take care of business the only way they know how. This time, Ortiz’s character joins their cause, and the film ends on a note that honestly makes me very interested in seeing what happens with this extended family next.
Nobody 2 had a modest box office run, so I suppose the jury is out on the go-ahead regarding a third installment, but in the meantime, this 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray package should tide fans over. You get a code for a digital copy too, and I don’t think I really need to spend much time on the visual and audio quality here, since modern movies can go straight to 4K and look and sound great, unless someone really messes up on the production side.
In terms of extras, they’re on the lean side here. You get just under seven minutes worth of deleted scenes that arguably could have been left in the film, given its breezy 89-minute runtime, along with a pair of featurettes.
The featurettes, Nobody 2: The Fight Continues and Nobody Does Stunts Like Us, are 11 and 12 minutes, respectively, and do a nice job of giving fans a little overview of the making of the movie. They’re typical of many home video releases these days, and I suppose any kind of lengthy documentary will have to wait until this franchise gets a couple more installments under its belt (assuming it does, which I’m rooting for).
Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ ★
Brad Cook
