This is an action thriller as nice and tidy as a well manicured suburban lawn. Some will look at it and think: You've-seen-one-you've-seen-em-all, but others will appreciate the effort and the pleasing aesthetics.
Boorish @$$holes surround Hutch, and they never shut-up. Hutch Mansell is like a man in a cell. "I'm rootin for you," says his Father i/l, in a manner to suggest that he wrote-off Hutch long ago. The opening is a complete emasculation routine. So depressing. His marriage looks lifeless. His job looks bleak. It was bad already, but now everyone knows that two druggies broke into Hutch's home and he did nothing to defend the family. He had a chance to make a move, but he chose to let the intruders leave with his money and other trinkets, like his father's watch. They took his dignity, too. So it's "I woulda," "I woulda," "I woulda," for the next few scenes, from every "real man" he encounters. Why do "real men" always seem to press up on eachother? "Keep my sister safe." His brother i/l presses a gun into his hand. Hutch puts it in the freezer. His personality and his very manhood are also in cold storage.
N is a 97 minute 2021 release rated 84/94 on RT. Director, Ilya Naishuller, also put out Hardcore Henry - a must-see for action film fans, and he's still in his starting out phase. Also frontman for the rock band, Biting Elbows, he's one to keep an eye on. Writer Derek Kolstad is responsible for the John Wick series. Not too shabby. Bob Odenkirk is Hutch Mansell. In N, he gets some of the beatdowns he had coming in Better Call Saul-9.3, while Connie Nielsen plays his wife, Becca. Alexey Serebryakov is the psychotic Russian mobster, Yulian Kuznetsov. His highly compartmentalized character is ridiculous, but it works. He's terrifying, yet he loves to perform and sing. That's even scarier, right? In a casting choice that seems pretty random, but in actuality, it adds greatly to the film's sense of fun, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) plays Hutch's Father. Even more random is how RZA rounds out the inner circle as Harry Mansell. I'm sure there's a story there, as RZA (Harry) doesn't look like he could be Odenkirk's 100% biological brother, but family is where you find it. N also brings us an Ethiopian Russian - a local Russian girl's souvenir from the Olympic games, so Mr. Kolstad knows how to season a script with tasty tidbits and varied hues.
"I'm nobody." "I was just an auditor in the military," Hutch admits to his son, who is required to interview a veteran for a school assignment. "I'll just interview my uncle; I think he saw some ACTION," is his son's doleful response. (Interpretation: "Dad, you couldn't be more boring.") But dad's a poker player that's kept all his good cards hidden. When he finally shows his hand, bad guys start scrambling. What forced his hand? The godd@mn kitty cat bracelet did. A day or so after the break-in, his daughter can't find her bracelet. Hutch decides he'll go get it back, and he gets his life, marriage, and masculinity back at the same time.
"Then you best go do it," dad affirms to Hutch, after Hutch simply relays that there's something he "must do". It underscores the respect that real men show eachother. We always told our son to never brag and to never tell other people who he is. (People will, on average, let you know who you are, we assured him. Hutch is a master of camouflage, so the concept is limited, but still more true than not). The REAL men in the film aren't talkers. They are doers. They also know who the other real men are. But it's not all smooth sailing. He's alittle out of practice. His first big fight is on a city bus. He took a half-time! He needed a breather and then he came back to finish it up. The fighting is gritty and guttural - fortunately he remembers how to do a battlefield trach!
This team is great with fantastic low-keys. Hutch goes from saying, "I couldn't arrest anybody," (as an "auditor") to wearing out an entire weapons factory. One of the good guys gets a "3-for". Wait, did he get 3 or 4 baddies with 1 bullet? Either way, nice shot. The entire film is a nice shot. There's humor, excitement, fantastic juxtaposition and good cadence. Is it slightly silly? Sure, but they know that. N doesn't take itself seriously. The film is the equivalent to: "Hold my beer and watch this. Yee-haw!"
At times there's brilliant musical accompaniment. The soundtrack is corkin, but they should have stayed away from some of the overused classics like 'What a Wonderful World' and 'To Dream the Impossible Dream'. The director is a music guy. 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' were fine choices, and 'I Gotta Be Meeee' always fits an action hero's fit (of vengeance). Still, they could have pulled out something better, like 'Respect', 'Back in the Saddle Again', 'Send in the Clowns', 'The Great Pretender'... just off the top of my head. How about, 'What a MAN?' How could they leave out Salt n Peppa?!? That shoulda been the theme song. What a man, indeed.
QUOTES🗣
Give me the goddamn kitty cat bracelet muth-r-f💣-r.
I might have overcorrected.
Age 16+ Action, scary violence, R-rated Language, gore.
Rated-R
Re-📺? Did
Per screenrant: "Nobody 2 has been confirmed to start filming on January 6, 2025 in Winnipeg, a city in Manitoba, Canada. Ilya Naishuller is returning as director with David Kolstad coming back as the writer for the sequel." Yee-haw!
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Boorish @$$holes surround Hutch, and they never shut-up. Hutch Mansell is like a man in a cell. "I'm rootin for you," says his Father i/l, in a manner to suggest that he wrote-off Hutch long ago. The opening is a complete emasculation routine. So depressing. His marriage looks lifeless. His job looks bleak. It was bad already, but now everyone knows that two druggies broke into Hutch's home and he did nothing to defend the family. He had a chance to make a move, but he chose to let the intruders leave with his money and other trinkets, like his father's watch. They took his dignity, too. So it's "I woulda," "I woulda," "I woulda," for the next few scenes, from every "real man" he encounters. Why do "real men" always seem to press up on eachother? "Keep my sister safe." His brother i/l presses a gun into his hand. Hutch puts it in the freezer. His personality and his very manhood are also in cold storage.
N is a 97 minute 2021 release rated 84/94 on RT. Director, Ilya Naishuller, also put out Hardcore Henry - a must-see for action film fans, and he's still in his starting out phase. Also frontman for the rock band, Biting Elbows, he's one to keep an eye on. Writer Derek Kolstad is responsible for the John Wick series. Not too shabby. Bob Odenkirk is Hutch Mansell. In N, he gets some of the beatdowns he had coming in Better Call Saul-9.3, while Connie Nielsen plays his wife, Becca. Alexey Serebryakov is the psychotic Russian mobster, Yulian Kuznetsov. His highly compartmentalized character is ridiculous, but it works. He's terrifying, yet he loves to perform and sing. That's even scarier, right? In a casting choice that seems pretty random, but in actuality, it adds greatly to the film's sense of fun, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) plays Hutch's Father. Even more random is how RZA rounds out the inner circle as Harry Mansell. I'm sure there's a story there, as RZA (Harry) doesn't look like he could be Odenkirk's 100% biological brother, but family is where you find it. N also brings us an Ethiopian Russian - a local Russian girl's souvenir from the Olympic games, so Mr. Kolstad knows how to season a script with tasty tidbits and varied hues.
"I'm nobody." "I was just an auditor in the military," Hutch admits to his son, who is required to interview a veteran for a school assignment. "I'll just interview my uncle; I think he saw some ACTION," is his son's doleful response. (Interpretation: "Dad, you couldn't be more boring.") But dad's a poker player that's kept all his good cards hidden. When he finally shows his hand, bad guys start scrambling. What forced his hand? The godd@mn kitty cat bracelet did. A day or so after the break-in, his daughter can't find her bracelet. Hutch decides he'll go get it back, and he gets his life, marriage, and masculinity back at the same time.
"Then you best go do it," dad affirms to Hutch, after Hutch simply relays that there's something he "must do". It underscores the respect that real men show eachother. We always told our son to never brag and to never tell other people who he is. (People will, on average, let you know who you are, we assured him. Hutch is a master of camouflage, so the concept is limited, but still more true than not). The REAL men in the film aren't talkers. They are doers. They also know who the other real men are. But it's not all smooth sailing. He's alittle out of practice. His first big fight is on a city bus. He took a half-time! He needed a breather and then he came back to finish it up. The fighting is gritty and guttural - fortunately he remembers how to do a battlefield trach!
This team is great with fantastic low-keys. Hutch goes from saying, "I couldn't arrest anybody," (as an "auditor") to wearing out an entire weapons factory. One of the good guys gets a "3-for". Wait, did he get 3 or 4 baddies with 1 bullet? Either way, nice shot. The entire film is a nice shot. There's humor, excitement, fantastic juxtaposition and good cadence. Is it slightly silly? Sure, but they know that. N doesn't take itself seriously. The film is the equivalent to: "Hold my beer and watch this. Yee-haw!"
At times there's brilliant musical accompaniment. The soundtrack is corkin, but they should have stayed away from some of the overused classics like 'What a Wonderful World' and 'To Dream the Impossible Dream'. The director is a music guy. 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' were fine choices, and 'I Gotta Be Meeee' always fits an action hero's fit (of vengeance). Still, they could have pulled out something better, like 'Respect', 'Back in the Saddle Again', 'Send in the Clowns', 'The Great Pretender'... just off the top of my head. How about, 'What a MAN?' How could they leave out Salt n Peppa?!? That shoulda been the theme song. What a man, indeed.
QUOTES🗣
Give me the goddamn kitty cat bracelet muth-r-f💣-r.
I might have overcorrected.
Age 16+ Action, scary violence, R-rated Language, gore.
Rated-R
Re-📺? Did
Per screenrant: "Nobody 2 has been confirmed to start filming on January 6, 2025 in Winnipeg, a city in Manitoba, Canada. Ilya Naishuller is returning as director with David Kolstad coming back as the writer for the sequel." Yee-haw!
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