Never underestimate a nobody ⚠️

Nobody is an action film released in 2021 that I have been wanting to see for months. Finally, it was added to HBO Max and I was able to watch it. I am pleased to say that not only was it an awesome film, but it was also even better than I expected it to be.

Nobody stars Bob Odenkirk, who I first discovered when he played Saul Good in Breaking Bad, and later the show Better Call Saul. Odenkirk is Hutch Mansell, who is a family man who seemingly hates his boring life.

The film starts out with a bloodied-up Hutch being interrogated by the police with a little kitten. You will probably be like me and have so many questions right from the start, leave it up to the plot to gradually explain itself with a detailed flashback.

Poor old Hutch Mansell cannot get anything right. He barely misses the trash each week. His job sucks, his family doesn't pay attention to him, and he has no purpose besides being a mindless drone to support his depressing family.

His life is mundane and he does the same boring things every day. He rides the bus to work and sips the little bit of coffee that his demanding wife Becca leaves for him after she fills her cup to the brim.

Eventually, the monotony of his lame excuse for living is interrupted by a burglary. One night his house is broken into late at night. Hutch never seems to be able to sleep, so he is awake when it happens. Turns out his son Blake heard something out of the ordinary occurring as well, but he stays in bed. Hutch goes downstairs and grabs a golf club, but things quickly get out of hand. Blake miraculously shows up with some impressive heroics, but Hutch is so meek that even though he has the opportunity to bash one of the robber's heads in, he lets them go and Blake cannot believe how much of a pussy his father is. You begin to understand just how much his entire family hates him and rightfully so, well besides his cute daughter of course.

Hutch's weakness is made worse by the fact that his wife Becca's brother is portrayed as some kind of badass war veteran. He makes Hutch feel even worse about the fact that he cannot even protect his own family in their home.

Hutch and the brother-in-law both work for works for Becca's father. He is nicer than Becca's brother, but even the dad thinks Hutch is pretty useless. Literally, nobody believes that Hutch is capable of much, but is there more to him than there seems to be?

Hutch goes to visit his dad David at the nursing home, which as you can imagine, is also lacking excitement. David is a former FBI agent, but he has gotten to the point of retirement and spends all of his time chilling and watching tv. You can tell that Hutch and David used to have much more thrilling lives by the way that they talk to each other, but you don't really find out what they used to do just yet.

Hutch comes home from work and is about to sit down for dinner like usual, but then finds out that his daughter's favorite kitty bracelet is missing. Since she is daddy's little girl and seemingly the only person who shows him any love at all, he jumps into action. Hutch is filled with rage and will stop at nothing to get revenge on the burglars who may have left with something that they didn't even realize was going to give them problems down the road.

Somehow Hutch manages to locate the people who broke into his house, but he is unable to make them pay when he realizes they were just desperate to save their sick child. This doesn't erase his rage that is now boiling within, but who would he take it all out on?

Hutch gets on the bus to head home after a failed attempt at vengeance. Lucky for him, some drunk group of guys gets on the bus and starts harassing everybody. Hutch and some random girl are the only ones left on the bus with the men and he wants to make sure she makes it home safely since she is just an innocent bystander. This is when you finally get to see that Hutch has a dark past and it is unveiled that he has all sorts of badass skills lying dormant within him. Hutch realizes that rowdy guys are the perfect targets for him to unleash his fury upon at last.

Hutch manages to take on five guys at once and truly fucks them up. He takes quite a beating himself, but he will stop at nothing to make sure he comes out as the winner. The only thing is, one of the guys he beats nearly to death is a Russian mobster's little brother. This may come back to haunt Hutch as he finds out from a faceless friend from his past that he occasionally talks to on a secret radiofrequency.

After Hutch relapses from his many years without killing, he wakes up to how awesome his life at home really is. Maybe it is too late to finally start enjoying the simple life that he has. As with most things, the luster had worn off of his marriage and cute children. He had allowed himself to start taking for granted all of which he was so lucky to call his. To make up for it, he decides to cook dinner and start being more positive about his life.

The only thing is, that Russian mobster I mentioned before is one of the most powerful people around and he's totally crazy too. The Russian's name is Yulian and his introduction into this story is nothing short of amazing. The guy is worshipped at some club he seems to run and he's fueled by alcohol and cocaine. It won't be long before you witness just how brutal this gangster is.

After Yulian finds his brother in the hospital barely alive, he wants Hutch to pay for what he has done. It takes some serious digging, but eventually, he finds out who Hutch is. A lot of people don't want to get involved, it's as if Hutch is well known for doing things in the past. Still, we aren't told who Hutch used to be and it Yulian doesn't seem to be the least bit afraid to continue down his path of total destruction. Yulian sends some of his goons to pay Hutch and his family a visit, which was the biggest mistake ever. You do not go into a man's home and put his family in danger. Hutch let it happen once, but never again.

Luckily Hutch was prepared for something like this. He forces his family to wait it out in a safe room while he takes care of business. He doesn't have the time to explain why, but they can tell that he is very serious since they didn't even get to take their first bite of his famous lasagna. You get a few hints that his wife knows about his past, but his kids surely do not have any idea at all.

Despite his secret friend on the radio telling him not to engage further, Hutch isn't afraid of Yulian or anything for that matter. Hutch dismantles the guys trying to sneak into his home to take him out. Then he proceeds to hit Yulian where it hurts the most. His plan is to destroy Yulian's massive art collection and erase the giant sum of money that he has hidden away.

Yulian doesn't react well of course, but that is exactly what Hutch was hoping for. Hutch shows up at the club, awaiting his chance to get face to face with Yulian. It looks like Hutch is about to be eradicated, but of course, he came prepared. Hutch gets alone with Yulian and lays down a proposal, but Yulian is too stubborn to back down. The best part of the movie comes next.

Hutch was really hoping that Yulian would take his bait. A thrilling car chase begins and Hutch aims to lead them into the traps that he has set up at his work. There are so many thugs after him at once and Hutch is riding solo on this. It becomes quite the nailbiter, it doesn't look like Hutch's plan is going to work.

Meanwhile the Russian's attack Hutch's dad at the nursing home. Once gunshots start going off, the night shift employee wakes up from his nap to go check on David. It is so hilarious to watch this big fat employee run down the hall. Once he gets to David's room, it looks like he is just watching a war movie with the sound up too loud. As you might have guessed, David is a very capable killer just like Hutch.

Hutch took the time to booby-trapped where he works before he went to visit Yulian to lure him in. The place is full of rigged explosives and loads of weapons for Hutch to use throughout each room. Hutch knew exactly how he wanted all of this to go down, but it was him against countless Russians, so his chances of surviving were very slim.

The unknown voice on the radio turns out to be Harry Mansell (RZA). I could tell it was him the entire time since I know his very unique tone, but I wasn't sure I'd ever get to see him. RZA is actually David's adopted son, which makes him Hutch's brother. I was shocked to find this out, despite the fact that there was an old photo of all three of them together at the nursing home. Harry and David show up just in time to help Hutch survive the onslaught of Russians. This is the oddest trio of fellows ever, but they work so well together.

This final battle sequence is full of amazing kills. It's not just your typical shoot them in the face and it's over. Each kill is precisely planned and that makes it all so enjoyable to watch. Hutch is a master at this type of thing and it is amazing to watch him go from docile daddy to deadly assassin.

The ending all but confirms there will be a sequel to Nobody. I really hope they do another one of these. I wonder if they will decide to just go forward or backward in time. I think that it is essential that the next film has more RZA in it since Hutch and Harry have some great chemistry. It would quite comical if they manage to make the old man David a central figure in the film. I would be equally as happy to go back in time and see what the dad and two sons did together back in the day.

Like I mentioned at the beginning of this post, Nobody was even better than I was hoping it would be. I had high hopes for this film and I was extremely impressed by what I finally got to see. It took me a while to finally watch this movie, but damn was it worth the wait. Bob Odenkirk killed it as Hutch Mansell and I highly recommend this film. Check out the trailer below if you aren't already convinced about this one.