Let's talk about "Nobody" (the film)

Normally I would give a very vague description of the film, perhaps tell you a thing or two without revealing major plot lines and show a trailer or two then give a recommendation about whether or not I think you should watch this. This time I want to do it a bit differently.

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I'm gonna come out of the gate screaming here and say that this is one of the best action movies I have seen in at least a year, perhaps longer. Bob Odenkirk plays the lead role in an unlikely position where he is an the main protagonist in an action blockbuster that probably would have made a ton of money if theaters were open globally. This film is almost an action masterpiece that is done is a way that makes you question what you are seeing on screen is just a fantasy of the hero or perhaps a dream. You don't really see it coming based on the setup that takes place in the first half an hour.

I'm not going to reveal squat about the plot or anything else but just go ahead and say that yes, you should definitely see this movie

Now that we got that out of the way I want to say that rest of this is meant to be a discussion among people that have already seen the film

There will be spoilers, so if you haven't seen it, turn back now

One thing I want to say is that I actually had not seen a trailer for this movie at all before watching it and only did so because I feel so happy that Bob Odenkirk was brought to the forefront in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul because he is an absolutely fantastic actor that we might not know about if if weren't for those two series.

When this movie began and he is presented as being a bit of a coward, I actually believed that the movie was going to carry on in that way from that point forward and Hutch was just going to "grow some balls" and maybe accidentally make some mayhem for the bad guys - I did not think for a second that he was going to be a world-class killer with a dark past.

When that crazy bus scene happens which is where he finally snaps and returns to his old life I was convinced that Hutch was simply fantasizing about what he would like to do but in the end of it all we were going to snap back to him sitting on the back of the bus continuing to be a coward.

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The way that it progresses from there I would say that it was probably another 15 minutes or so before I realized that there was a lot more to this Hutch fella than we had been lead to believe up to that point even though a few hints were given such as when he is speaking to someone on the radio and tells some very specific details about the firearm that he noticed during the home invasion that happens pretty early on in the film.

Things get a lot cooler from there such as when he goes into the tattoo parlor and at first the staff look like they are going to try to rob him but after realizing who they are dealing with, they immediately back off and show respect.

At this point in the film we still don't know exactly WHY it is that everyone is so afraid of this guy and I like that director Ilya Naishuller decided to do things this way. While the film was continuing I started to make a lot of connections between how I feel as though this movie had a lot in common with John Wick in that Hutch is actually a bad ass that wants to live a low-key life but through circumstances beyond his control he gets drawn into a feud with, once again, Russian mobster operatives. It was later that I found out that a lot of the producers of Nobody were also the producers of John Wick so I suppose this all makes sense.

Odenkirk is a talented actor, but he doesn't exactly have the persona of someone like Keanu Reeves that I would consider badass, so in that regard, I have a lot of respect for Bob because he doesn't seem a likely candidate for a role of this magnitude but man oh man, did he ever pull it off with flying colors.

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That isn't to say that I feel this movie is perfect. I think it was absolutely epic right up until the very end where the showdown happens at the machine shop that he just purchased. I felt as though all of that was kind of corny, particularly the magical appearance of his father and partner whose name I don't think we are told, that is played by RZA.

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While this scene at the end was exciting, it had an element of convenience that I don't like. Namely, that his father and whoever RZA was playing would have any idea that a showdown was going to happen there. It's not like Hutch told anyone so how did they know? I actually feel as though the show could have ended a lot better that if after making the threats to the Russian mob at the nightclub where he had a claymore mine attached to his fingers a la "Joker from The Dark Knight" if the mob had just decided to end the feud like Hutch suggested. Perhaps they could have extended the action sequence right before Hutch burns all of the mob's money instead of even having the "showdown at the machine shop."

While I have fond memories of Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future just like basically everyone else, I don't think he was the correct choice for the role of Hutch's father and honestly, it kind of seems like Lloyd has forgotten how to act.

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To me that last set of scenes is the only problem with this film and other than that the entire production is a masterpiece of story, direction, acting, cinematography, and writing.

I also wonder if the kitten at the end was a bit of an Easter egg to let us know in a tongue-in-cheek type way that the producers are very aware of the fact that this is basically just John Wick repackaged.

So what did you think? Did you enjoy the film as much as I did? I have recommended this to people online and in person ever since watching it two nights ago and the crazy thing is that I was really tired when I turned it on and though there was no way I was going to make it to the end of it. When it was over, I actually wanted more and this is a rarity for me that time of night.