Movie Review: Nobody 2

 

Michael's Movie Grade: A-

An extremely fun action-comedy sequel. 

This sequel has a wonderfully fun premise. Trying to get away from his job killing people and spend more time with his family Hutch takes his family to where he had his favorite vacation spot as a kid. However, when his planned vacation spot ends up being run by a corrupt and dangerous woman, he finds himself back in the danger he tried to get away from. The idea of a trained killer simply trying to enjoy a simple vacation but finding himself reluctantly pulled back into the danger is ripe with comedic protentional. While the first movie had its share of humor, this sequel becomes just as much of a comedy as it is an action film. It is hard to complain about this, when the humor is as laugh out loud funny as it is here. The whole packed audience was laughing themselves silly watching this film and I laughed out loud quite a few times myself. Despite more focus on comedy, this film is not lacking at all in action. There is as much over-the-top gory fun as fans of these R-rated action movies love. These action scenes are as much over the top silly fun as an R-rated gorier version of a Looney Tunes cartoon. And at only an hour and a half, this movie moves at a fast pace and is very fun from start to finish. 

Of course, like in the first film the real not-so-secret weapon is Bob Odenkirk in the lead role. He is not your typical action star and that is what makes him so perfect as this often-reluctant hero. At the same time, he handles the action scenes and comedy perfectly. He also has wonderful chemistry with Connie Nielsen (as his wife), Christopher Lloyd (as his dad), Gage Munroe (as his son) and Paisley Cadorath (as his daughter), which is incredibly important for a movie that is just as much about a family man as it is about a killer. Sharon Stone is also a true scene-stealer as a delightfully over the top villain. 

Though Timo Tjahjanto did not direct the first film, he is able to bring the same charm to this sequel. He is set to direct The Beekeeper 2, and hopefully he will do just as great with that action movie sequel.