LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Nobody 2, in theaters Friday, is a prototypical sequel that provides a slightly enhanced version of what defined the original film. Since 2021's Nobody was a fun action movie in the vein of John Wick, the sequel is also fun, but does not provide exponential world building like the later Wick movies.
Bob Odenkirk returns as Hutch Mansell, a special ops auditor who is back at work after exposing his violent government past in the first film. He's trying to work off the $30 million debt he now owes after destroying Russian mob money.
Hutch's task is keeping him away from his family, so he suggests a vacation to PlummerVille, a touristy water park from his childhood. On their first day at the park, local bullies attack Hutch's kids, Braden (Gage Munroe) and Sammy (Paisley Cadorath). When Hutch defends them, it lands the whole family in the corrupt PlummerVille sheriff's station.
Obviously, no one in the audience expects Hutch to rein in his combat prowess. Viewers came to see him overpower bullies and bad guys, so he does.
There is still a poignant theme to this simplified story though: Hutch and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), truly attempt to de-escalate confrontations and let the bullies save face.
