Yesterday my girlfriend and i wanted to watch a movie together. I asked her what does she like and that she could choose whatever she wanted to but because "i am difficult with the movies" she let me make the choice.
Of course, that line was her mistake because i wouldn't let that chance go away and truth to be told i am not difficult at all but i got 2 rules. Number 1 is that i don't watch romantic movies/series and number 2 is that i prefer to watch a movie or series that i haven't watched yet.
Thus, without searching a lot i remembered reading somewhere how cool a 2021 movie that is called Nobody was, so i immediately made my choice after watching the trailer, which was a big mistake if you ask me.
Plot
Before i start with the plot of the movie as i mentioned above it came out in 2021, 26 of March to be exact and it is an action, crime, drama one. The director behind the movie is Ilya Naishuller and the writer is Derek Kolstad (yeah the same guy behind all the John Wick movies). The star isn't Keanu Reeves though, it's Bob Odenkirk whom even though i didn't have in my mind as a top-notch actor, it actually is!
Now let's start with the plot and not there will be small SPOILERS ahead, spoilers that you can pretty much know if you simply watch the trailers, but i will try not to reveal much, to be honest.
So the story starts with Hutch Mansell a 50-year-old man who lives with his wife and 2 kids in a suburb. He has a day job using excel sheets and from what it seems his life is pretty boring and following the same routine constantly. Even with his wife, they don't have sex in months.
One night, he realizes that somebody broke into his house and wakes up to see what is going on. In fact, there are two thieves and he gives them some bucks that they have there along with his watch but right before they leave his son jumps at one of them.
While that happens the other thief points the gun at him but at that moment an opportunity arises as Hutch is now behind the thief and can easily hit him. Instead of doing so, he says to his son to let the thief go which he does and he also "earns" a punch from the thief.
That makes Hutch feel bad and devastated and at the same time, his son along with his wife thinks he is kind of a loser. Aside from that, the same thing going on in his work as they don't deem him that much of a tough guy. At that moment something happens and Hutch basically snaps.
In a few seconds, we realize that Hutch not only isn't a softy but he is actually an ex FBI agent or something similar to that. He easily tracks down the thieves and along doing so, some people watching a small tattoo he has to get frightened. He manages to get back his watch and let the thieves to live.
Then he gets on a bus and at that bus, there is a young woman and around 5-6 Russians that decide to get in and harass her. Hutch decides that the games are over and he is actually fighting with all those Russians in an epic fight inside the bus. Long story short after that fight the Russian mafia is after him!
What i Liked and What i Didn't
The fight scenes are amazing and there are 2 different types. The first type is fight scenes using bare hands, knives, or anything else aside from guns. An example of that is the fight scene on the bus, something that many people will be talking about not only now but in the future as well.
The second type is a fight or fights with guns, like a pistol, shotguns, semi-automatic and stuff like that which was also great but i prefer the first type and i'll explain right away. The main reason i prefer this type of fight scene is because it shows Hutch more human as he gets many hits as well.
Also, another thing i like in the movie except for the acting of everyone which is amazing is the writing. Although the concept of a dad being an ex-military/agent or whatever is nothing new, this time it's like they managed to merge john wick with taken and not only that.
From a guy that seems a bit soft, not only we see a tougher one but we also see a kind of cruel one that likes that aspect of his character. Everything he does after he snaps, he basically enjoys doing so, and as he said he missed that.
I want to say more but i won't, you will see what i mean! Ahh and even though i didn't talk about him at all, a very cool character which was my second favorite to the protagonist is David Mansell his father (Christopher Lloyd), yeah the guy from back to the future!
My Rating
IMDb Rating 7.4/10
####My Rating 8/10
