No. 24. (2021) NOBODY March 29th.

 

Film No. 24 (2021)  March 28th.  6:45 PM  EVENT CINEMAS  No. 16,  Innaloo.

"There is a long dormant piece of me that so very badly wants out". (Hutch internalises his thoughts, as he contemplates his next move in life).

This film has no depth, but never fear, Nobody is senseless film-making but completely entertaining. Punters are never in any doubt about where Nobody is headed. Bob Odenkirk is Hutch Mansell and Hutch is anything but a nobody for the 92 minutes we enter his world.

Nobody is a complete rip off of the John Wick franchise, ranging from the innocuous ruffling of Hutch's feathers which reactivates his penchant to be violent, leading to the inordinate body count which may well leave the Wick franchise licking their bloodied wounds. It makes no excuses for what it is and never allows for emotional character development from a script POV. 

Hutch lives Oh So ordinary life in the suburbs of a typical U.S. city. The first 5 mins of ultra short cut-aways, paints the mundane pattern of his existence. This is most important because immediately we know something is hidden at the core of Mitch, ready to ignite at the strike of a match. He loves his family, consisting of wife Becca (Connie Neilsen),  son Blake (Gage Munroe) and daughter Abby (Paisley Cadorath) but they are held at arms length. Some cotton thread of a reason is given mid film but it's not important. Remember, it's a Wick lookalike!

Anyway, Hutch is a sleeper of sorts. David, his dad, is ex FBI and pleasantly played by Christopher Lloyd. A sub plot makes sure Lloyd has a gun at some stage with a few timely one-liners to lighten proceedings. The 15 minute climax is everything you'd expect. The revenge/bloodbath film is punctuated and rated on the effectiveness, choreographically, of these blood filled endings. Nobody does it as well as anybody, Wick included. 9GUMS.