Watch for slithery, malevolent Sharon Stone in 'Nobody 2'

Given its early spring release date four years ago, no one expected “Nobody” to be the box office success that it turned out to be, making $57 million on a $16 million budget.

That fact that it’s received a sequel is a moderate surprise. But the filmmakers – director Timo Tjahjanto, writer Derek Kolstad – face an unenviable task. They need to take the story of former assassin Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) and freshen it.

Kolstad, the writer of the John Wick films, had one of two options – walk completely down the familiar path of paid assassin doing another gig or opting to dig a little deeper. He chooses the latter in “Nobody 2,” presenting Mansell as a nearly broken man who senses that his work and professional lives are woefully out of balance as he performs contract work for various