{"id":35046,"date":"2021-04-15T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=35046"},"modified":"2021-04-15T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:17:17","slug":"nobody-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/15\/nobody-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s not too often that a movie title can take on so many meanings as a narrative unfolds, but director Ilya Naishuller manages to pull off what might be one of the more entertaining play on words of the year. \u201cNobody\u201d is a pretty excellent film that, while it doesn\u2019t re-invent the wheel, does a lot with the numerous resources on hand to create a thrilling action film that\u2019s darkly comedic, satiric and presents an interesting conversation about the antiquated concept of the nuclear family.<\/p>\n

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Normal factory worker Hutch Mansell fails to defend himself or his family when two thieves break into his suburban home one night. The aftermath of the incident soon strikes a match to Hutch Mansell fails to defend himself or his family when two thieves break into his suburban home one night. The aftermath of the incident soon strikes a match to his long-simmering rage. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must now save his wife and son from a dangerous adversary — and ensure everyone, even himself, that he will never be underestimated again.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody\u201d is very much a take on the classic re-invention during a mid-life crises narrative that we\u2019ve seen through the aughts, and it takes on a new resonance with Bob Odenkirk at the helm. While Odenkirk has mostly been known throughout his career as a brilliant comic actor, he\u2019s remarkable here in a deadpan role as a man who perceives monotony as normality. Through that monotony he manages to lose so much of himself, and finds it when it comes breaking down his doors one night. Naishuller\u2019s action thriller is a stellar amalgam of \u201cJohn Wick\u201d and \u201cA History of Violence\u201d with a dash of \u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d It\u2019s a taut exploration on how in modern times the perception of the ideal life no longer means a house with a picket fence and kids.<\/p>\n

Once Hutch reclaims his manhood, it escalates in to shocking violence, and a sense that he\u2019s finally remembering what led him to his \u201cideal life.\u201d Most of all, he begins wondering what ideal life he prefers when he\u2019s caught in a fork in the road. Naishuller goes psychological as well as full blown balls to the wall action bonanza, exploring how Mansell perceives violence, and what can happen when he unleashes a powder keg of repressed fury. For all the sub-genres it staples together, \u201cNobody\u201d is a great, tightly fit action thriller that has a great time with the grue, the choreography, and the shockingly rousing laughs.<\/p>\n

A movie like this might not have worked so well without Odenkirk (he handles the choreography like a champ), as he\u2019s proven he can inject an interesting flavor to everything he appears in. I loved \u201cNobody.\u201d It\u2019s schlocky, weird, tense; it\u2019s a different kind of project for Odenkirk, and it\u2019s also a wonderful re-invention of the actor himself who might just have entered in to yet another iconic role.<\/p>\n

Now on Prime Video and Theaters.<\/strong><\/p>\n