Bob Odenkirk has spent the last decade surprising audiences who thought they knew him best. From his days on Mr. Show to redefining antiheroes with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul , the multihyphenate performer has never been afraid to step into a risky role. But just when Nobody established him as an unlikely yet convincing action star, he’s now taking another sharp turn with Ben Wheatley ’s newest hit ‘em up-style action flick, Normal .
Embracing and subverting the genre with a blood-splattered grin, the 90-minute Western-flavored action thriller lets Odenkirk reinvent himself, while trading Nobody ’s sleek choreography for something messier, stranger, and far more blood-soaked . His performance this time around is less about proving he can swin