Review | Nobody 2 movie review: Bob Odenkirk returns as a family-minded hitman in this flat sequel
Odenkirk and Sharon Stone’s performances can’t save this over-the-top action film that lacks depth and feels more like a John Wick knock-off
2/5 stars
“De-escalate,” mutters Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell in Nobody 2, as if it is a mantra he will never quite grasp. A family man with a penchant for kicking butt, Hutch could not de-escalate if he tried.
In this sequel to 2021’s surprise mini-hit Nobody, he is paying off an enormous debt by pulling off lethal hits for his one-time handler, The Barber (Colin Salmon). But after another grisly takedown, all Hutch wants is a holiday – for “making memories”, as he drily puts it.
He convinces his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Brady (Gage Munroe) and Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) to take a break at a water park in Plummerville, the place his dad took him on the only family holiday he can remember.
With his crazed old man (Christopher Lloyd) along for the ride, Hutch soon finds himself in deep water as he crosses paths with the mean local sheriff (Colin Hanks) and the owner of the clapped-out park (John Ortiz).
Behind everything is Lendina (Sharon Stone), a ruthless bootlegger who at the start of the film pierces the eye of a gambler cheating in her casino. She has claw-like silver nails, carries a dog and cackles like a hyena.