Nobody 2 review: Bob Odenkirk should probably throw in the towel as America's most unlikely action hero in silly sequel
In this sequel, Hutch books an emergency family holiday at a run-down water park in middle America. It's where his dad David (Christopher Lloyd, enjoying himself as a retired FBI chief), took Hutch and his brother Harry (RZA) when they were kids.
Hutch's better half Becca (Connie Nielsen) appreciates the gesture, but trouble never takes a vacation and our man has only just ordered his first summer hot dog when a head-the-ball sheriff (Colin Hanks) enters the picture.
Business as usual? Not quite. The joke is rustier this time around and poor Sharon Stone, overacting herself into oblivion, is perhaps miscast as the real baddie of the tale.
Is there some fun to be had with the Odenkirk fisticuffs extravaganza? A bit. Should we award an extra star for the 89-minute run-time? I think so. Just leave it there now, Bob.
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God loves a trier, and in the first Nobody film, Odenkirk's Hutch went above and beyond to protect his clan from a group of violent Russian gangsters. In this sequel, Hutch books an emergency family holiday at a run-down water park in middle America. It's where his dad David (Christopher Lloyd, enjoying himself as a retired FBI chief), took Hutch and his brother Harry (RZA) when they were kids. Hutch's better half Becca (Connie Nielsen) appreciates the gesture, but trouble never takes a vacation and our man has only just ordered his first summer hot dog when a head-the-ball sheriff (Colin Hanks) enters the picture. Business as usual? Not quite. The joke is rustier this time around and poor Sharon Stone, overacting herself into oblivion, is perhaps miscast as the real baddie of the tale. Is there some fun to be had with the Odenkirk fisticuffs extravaganza? A bit. Should we award an extra star for the 89-minute run-time? I think so. Just leave it there now, Bob.
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