MOVIE REVIEW: ( NOBODY )

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Nobody comes to us from the director of Hardcore, Henry and Stars bob odenkirk as a guy that nobody looks twice at. He's got a seemingly average life a loving family, a wife and two kids he cares about. An older father in a care facility played by Christopher Lloyd but there's something else under the surface. You can tell there's something he's hiding, perhaps a pass that we don't know about eventually because of a series of mishaps. It turns out this guy isn't a nobody at all.

In fact, he's got a particular set of skills. He's going to turn them loose on a bunch of unsuspecting bad guys by no means. Is this a new or original fresh piece of filmmaking in many ways? This is a film we've seen a lot the writer of this film Derek Colstad also wrote the previous three John Wick movies. In many ways this feels like a copy and paste variant of a John wick first draft.

We have a middle-aged guy this time. He has a family instead of being a total loner, he has a violent past and an organization that we know little about. Eventually discover some things and because of a series of unintentional interactions, he gets caught up in a violent world once again. Has to use all of his skills to protect those he cares about or just himself in many ways.

What I also really liked about his role in the film is that he's not exactly like a John wick type. He's perfect he walks into a room and waves his hands and everybody just dies. He gets thrown through a lot of glass windows as well gets a lot of bones broken. So, he has some vulnerability to him. There's a humanity there that you can latch on to.

I love the John Wick movies but Keanu Reeves really makes a lot of that work because even when he's being kind of perfect in a fight scene. He seems kind of like he's struggling a little bit, like he's getting very frustrated by it. Even though he's so good at what he does. Bob odenkirk's character seems like it's hard for him because he is older. He's not quite as polished as some super agent he was more of a fixer type of character, where he would go in and make sure that somebody pays the money they owed. So, even though he's really good at killing people, it's not exactly easy for him which makes the character really fun.

Although towards the end, he does kind of become a little bit perfect. We get that obligatory shootout sequence, where everything just happens in a beautiful choreographed, cacophony of blood and gore. Which i must admit was very entertaining. I also like seeing Christopher Lloyd do some really brutal things in the movie that i don't want to get into because it's more exciting for you to just see it.

Things that made this movie work were the casting choices. The direction is very good, the action is filmed very well good. It's not as kinetic as the first person pov perspective of Hardcore Henry but there's a lot of style. The sequences are really exciting, the Villain in the movie is incredibly weak.