Nobody was a John Wick-ian action fantasy about shedding the straitjacket of suburban domesticity for the liberating pleasures of youth—which, in the case of Hutch (Bob Odenkirk), meant reverting to his old murderous special-ops ways.

What made Ilya Naishuller’s 2021 film work wasn’t just 87North Productions’ trademark brand of ultra-violence; it was the casting of Odenkirk, who, like his character was able to over the course of his odyssey, reveal new, surprisingly deadly sides of himself. It may have been a lark, but its clever melding of star and material gave it an amusing life-kinda-imitating-art oomph.

Having embraced his homicidal side, Hutch attempts to balance his killer career and family in Nobody 2, a sequel, in theaters Aug. 15, that struggles to recapture the energy and ama

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