Nobody 2

Feels a lot more like a routine sequel - bigger, louder, and packed with more brutal villains, action, and explosions, but with only an okay plot. The stakes never feel as gripping as they could be, and the comedy lands just fine but nothing more. Strong family vibes throughout, but the story is fairly predictable. Still a fun ride, just not as fresh as the first.

I had a good time eventually, but there were things I did not like. The first movie treated Nobody seriously, here some modern writer decided to make a complete and utter joke out of him.

It's chock full of modern tropes that people are sick of, like the supremely badass female villain that's totally believable. Fire the writers.

I rated Nobody 2 6/10 stars, while I rated Nobody 10/10 stars. The sequel is based on a false premise: That he has to go back to being a Spec Ops agent to repay $30M debt to Russian mafia that he burned in Nobody. At the end of the first film, he and his family were free and clear, buying a new house with a new identity. Being able to establish a new identity is one of Hitch's "special set of skills." Hutch (Odenkirk) is no longer a reluctant hero. He walks back into fights that he could have walked away from. That breaks his promise to his wife and family that he's not longer a fierce operator, rather just a father and family man again.

The violence is now more cartoonish than realistic. Hutch is no longer a vulnerable Everyman. Now he's an indestructible superhero who seeks out payback. That completely changes the viewer's perception of him as a sympathetic character. Now he's a vengeful man seeking to repay even the slightest offense. The booby traps he sets in the grand finale at a theme park, seem more from the Home Alone playbook, than from an experienced operator's tactics. Overall, the sequel doesn't live up to the original and we're voting for no Nobody 3. 🙁

Bob Odenkirk does not get enough love when it comes to roles outside of Saul Goodman. This man is the writer of the famous Matt Foley SNL sketch so of course he can do funny. I watched the first Nobody just for fun back when it came out, plus I wanted to go through Bob's filmography. My hubby and I enjoyed it. We like action and we don't take movies too seriously. We just like to be entertained. And Bob always does this.

We just went and saw the sequel and we were entertained again. I personally couldn't stand watching Sharon Stone as that bat-crazy idiot of a boss. Now, I loved her back in the day (I was a teen in the 90s) and I love seeing women in strong roles, but she was just annoying. Saying the F bomb every sentence didn't make her look tough. It made her look like she was TRYING to be tough and that's a big difference. She just couldn't act.

Colin Hanks was disappointing as well. I thought he was a better actor than that, too, but oh well.

I liked everything else and I'm ready for Becca's back story because she held it down, too.

Can't wait to see what Bob will do next!

Why did we love the first movie?

It had a cool and mysterious hero. It was realistic, a little dark, and a little funny. There weren't many movies like the first one; it was almost unique.

This sequel, however, is a rather ordinary movie reminiscent of the 90s comedy-action films we've seen countless times before. Thanks to its 90-minute runtime, you won't get bored while watching it and you might even find some moments amusing. But that's all there is to it... This second movie offers nothing but empty and simplistic action scenes.