I'm not sure Nobody would play as well if one hadn't seen John Wick. Though played for straight, there are Wick riffs in here that work as "spoof" and draw a smile, that otherwise might just register as strange. So it's quite on purpose pas that the villains are Russian mobsters, that the information broker works out of a normally innocuous business, and that our hero returns to the life of an assassin after a home invasion, but in each case, there's a punctured balloon that makes the narrative slightly more ridiculous and therefore humorous. One bit of natural cognitive dissonance is that our Baba Yaga analog is played by Bob Odenkirk who feels like an amalgam of John Wick, Jack Reacher and John McClane, doing all this deadly action, but definitely not invulnerable. But if you think about it, he's probably much more realistic casting than Keanu Reeves for such a thing. So what if Wick had managed to get out of the business and lived a simple life for 15+ years? And THEN, he accidentally crosses someone from the old life? What if the gangsters drove like I do in video games? What if your only allies in this fight were your aged dad (Christopher Lloyd) and a ghost on radio (the RZA)? The movie builds its characters up even as it takes them (and all their inspirations) down, and it's a hoot. Fun soundtrack too. So while this derivative of John Wick, it's got its own tone (love the mundane life montage at the top), its own style, and its own story to tell.
More fantasy violence from the Russian guys who did 'Hardcore Henry' - though not quite as ground-breaking this time. Worth a watch, I can almost smell the sequel....
Nobody = 6.5/10
Hardcore Henry = 8/10 (check it out if not seen already)
PS. a bit concerned that the phrase "Me? I'm Nobody..." is on a level with Pammie's "Don't call me Babe..."
Odenkirk apparently wrote this from a fantasy he had and this movie feels like a fantasy. Thin characters and overly stylized action. It doesnt promise much and it does deliver on the action but still felt like a middle-aged man's cheap fantasy
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I'm not sure Nobody would play as well if one hadn't seen John Wick. Though played for straight, there are Wick riffs in here that work as "spoof" and draw a smile, that otherwise might just register as strange. So it's quite on purpose pas that the villains are Russian mobsters, that the information broker works out of a normally innocuous business, and that our hero returns to the life of an assassin after a home invasion, but in each case, there's a punctured balloon that makes the narrative slightly more ridiculous and therefore humorous. One bit of natural cognitive dissonance is that our Baba Yaga analog is played by Bob Odenkirk who feels like an amalgam of John Wick, Jack Reacher and John McClane, doing all this deadly action, but definitely not invulnerable. But if you think about it, he's probably much more realistic casting than Keanu Reeves for such a thing. So what if Wick had managed to get out of the business and lived a simple life for 15+ years? And THEN, he accidentally crosses someone from the old life? What if the gangsters drove like I do in video games? What if your only allies in this fight were your aged dad (Christopher Lloyd) and a ghost on radio (the RZA)? The movie builds its characters up even as it takes them (and all their inspirations) down, and it's a hoot. Fun soundtrack too. So while this derivative of John Wick, it's got its own tone (love the mundane life montage at the top), its own style, and its own story to tell.Earring72
Another John Wick clone........but great comic book style fun, very violent though.figandcheese
I love Odenkirk but this was insanely unoriginal.Emiam
8/10A small masterpiece.
How not in any top list?
boulderman
John Wick's Accountant Home Alone. Great action, great film 8/10samoan
The scene in the last tattoo shop was the moment I knew I would love this movie!Supposeably
More fantasy violence from the Russian guys who did 'Hardcore Henry' - though not quite as ground-breaking this time. Worth a watch, I can almost smell the sequel....Nobody = 6.5/10
Hardcore Henry = 8/10 (check it out if not seen already)
PS. a bit concerned that the phrase "Me? I'm Nobody..." is on a level with Pammie's "Don't call me Babe..."
FireFox1
This movie is just creepy satisfying.DaniloFreiles
Esilarante e fuori dalla realtà .nowhereman136
Odenkirk apparently wrote this from a fantasy he had and this movie feels like a fantasy. Thin characters and overly stylized action. It doesnt promise much and it does deliver on the action but still felt like a middle-aged man's cheap fantasy6/10
ismail
It's all good, man!guffaa88
Watch doc blast people in half... i mean...:)selcukgucer
Better Call Saul Wick!Adamov10
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