Nobody

Producer David Leitch, writer Derek Kolstad, and stunt performer Daniel Bernhardt all previously worked together on the first John Wick movie. Now with Nobody, they've teamed up once again for another revenge action thriller, though with a much more comedic take. Bob Odenkirk, not known for being in action films, stars as Hutch Mansell, a seemingly ordinary family man whose past is revealed after a home invasion leads him to try to find his daughter's bracelet. What ensues is a bus fight wherein a Russian drug lord's brother ends up in a coma, Hutch revealed to be a government assassin and his father was in the FBI, and a final shootout at a metal factory wherein Hutch sets up elaborate traps and fights alongside his father and half brother, played by Christopher Lloyd and RZA. While having the same sensibilities and methods as the Wick films, such as their use of ordinary looking protagonists having a secret and dangerous past and intense action sequences and stunts that keep the camera on what's going on without over editing, there's much more use of humor over how ridiculous these stories can be. Unlike Wick, whenever Hutch gets into a fight he's not as indestructible and tends to fumble early in the movie due to being out of the game so long. But while Odenkirk does a fantastic job with not only the performances and the action scenes, it's Lloyd who steals the show. Being in his early 80s, Lloyd not only proves how great of an actor he's been since the mid-'70s but also shows how believable he is at shooting guns and kicking ass. Of course one must give big credit towards director Ilya Naishuller whose no stranger towards high octane action thanks to his previous work on Hardcore Henry. His direction makes it so that the action is well done but in such a way that is often unexpected in the approach. Nobody is such a fun and engaging movie that helps in asking what would happen if the John Wick movies were filled with more humor. Over all: 100%

2021 top list so far:

1. Nobody

2. Raya and the Last Dragon