Nobody

Official Australian release date: 1/4/21. Viewed: 5/4/21.
Director: Ilya Naishuller
Actors: Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen
Genre: Action / Thriller
Rating: MA
 

 

‘Nobody’ is a unassuming-man-becomes-vengeful-killer film, in the vein of ‘Taken’ and ‘John Wick’. However, it definitely has a little more tongue-in-cheek thanks to Bob Odenkirk and his comedic timing/delivery. Hutch (Odenkirk) is an accountant, with a wife, Becca (Nielsen) and two kids and regular visits to his elderly Pops (Lloyd) – nothing to see here. Until their home is broken into, which leads to a string unravelling and Hutch reverting to some long-buried tendencies.

Does a good job of setting the scene, showing that Hutch has been leading a normal life and not working undercover for the CIA or anything – it’s just unfortunate that he’s led into a war with the Russian mafia and Yulian (Serebryakov). There’s not a whole heap that’s new or revolutionary, and there’s plenty of action and violence, but nothing too gratuitous or insane.

It’s fast-paced, doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, with a satisfying ending a a great soundtrack, adding to some of the underlying not-too-seriousness. Great support cast of Nielsen, Munroe, Cadorath, RZA, Mengesha, Ironside and the always-a-pleasure-to-watch Christopher Lloyd, still going strong at 82. Also, kudos to Odenkirk for his action scenes at 58!

Overall: Fun action shoot-em-up.

Gav's Rating: 3.5 stars.