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A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss. A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss. A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.

Ilya Naishuller
Derek Kolstad
Bob Odenkirk
Aleksey Serebryakov
Connie Nielsen
2.5K User reviews
294 Critic reviews
64 Metascore
5 wins & 18 nominations

Top cast 64

Hutch Mansell

Yulian Kuznetsov
(as Alexey Serebryakov)

Becca Mansell

David Mansell

Eddie Williams

Harry Mansell

Charlie Williams

Brady Mansell

Sammy Mansell

Teddy Kuznetsov

Lupita Martin

Luis Martin

Pentagon Darren
(as JP Manoux)

Hitman Anatoly

Hitman Valentin
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Trivia Based on an idea by Bob Odenkirk , who dealt with a home invasion himself by trapping the trespassers in the basement. He was frustrated with how the authorities dealt with the situation and had thought about how he would take the matter into his own hands if he "was a badass."
Goofs When Hutch gets his brother's text message telling him to go see the barber, his face can be seen in close-up with no scars whatsoever. Next shot, when he arrives at the barber's, his scars are back.

Hutch Mansell : You brought a lot of shotguns.

David Mansell : You brought a lot of Russians.

Crazy credits There is a bonus scene during the credits in which Hutch's dad David (Christopher Lloyd) and his brother Harry (RZA), are driving in a camper van loaded with weapons.
Connections Featured in Evening Urgant: Efim Shifrin/Ilya Naishuller (2021)
Soundtracks Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Written by Bennie Benjamin , Gloria Caldwell , Sol Marcus Performed by Nina Simone Courtesy of The Verve Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User reviews 2.5K

Gimme 'nobody 2'.

May 13, 2022
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The guy in the last tattoo parlor, who recognizes the card tattoo on Hutch's wrist looks a lot like Cillian Murphy. Especially the way his makeup was done like his role in A Quiet Place part 2. He has piercing eyes. Did he have an uncredited role?
March 26, 2021 (United States)
United States
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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$16,000,000 (estimated)
$27,568,035
Mar 28, 2021
$57,510,518
Runtime 1 hour 32 minutes
Dolby Atmos

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Nobody Reviews

Nobody ... makes no false pretenses in its practical re-creation of the Wick franchise

Full Review | Jul 19, 2024

You will not believe how smooth and just flat-out joyous a movie like this is with Odenkirk doling out the punishment. It’s just a delight.

Full Review | May 3, 2024

It has a fast-paced start that often benefits from Bob Odenkirk's physical prowess for action sequences, but unfortunately it often stumbles over a regular tone that prevents it from escaping the clichés of the genre. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 15, 2024

... A film that aims nothing more than to play with genre boundaries to put the action story back into work; well-told, better-filmed, and one hundred percent delightful. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Dec 4, 2023

Odenkirk submits his action hero punch card & can take my money any day of the week with it all. It knows how wild it is & it goes about it in spades with its 90 minute runtime

Full Review | Jul 26, 2023

Despite its intentions, Nobody feels condescending and portentous far more often than it actually feels campy and self-aware.

Full Review | Jul 21, 2023

…Nobody’s standard-issue plotting and tired male posturing land far short of the B-Movie classic it aspires to, but there is enough brisk action and some bonuses, largely through the casting of veterans like Michael Ironside and Christopher Lloyd…

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 18, 2023

Nobody is a bone-crunching, knuckle-busting, lip-splitting action film that has every intention of dragging you across concrete with the taste of asphalt in your mouth and bits of glass in your forehead.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 9, 2022

Nobody is an arresting action showcase for star Bob Odenkirk and a skillfully staged spectacle of stuntwork nearly on par with the John Wick trilogy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

A unique take on the action genre, Nobody is lean, mean, and showcases a delightful Odenkirk leading the way through all the carnage.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2022

As “Nobody” propels forward the violence gets crazier and the body count mounts. Yet the movie never loses its self-awareness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Nobody feels like the cinematic brother to one of my favourite films of recent years, Michael Caine's Harry Brown, equally as violent and satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2022

A well-executed and fun film full of gunfire left and right... There's never a surplus of those. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 9, 2022

Hardly an enlightened examination of modern manhood.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Mar 16, 2022

In a world filled with a recent collection of well-made action films, Nobody is a great addition to this action renaissance. If this is the Bob Odenkirk John Wick, when can we expect the Rhea Seehorn Atomic Blonde?

Full Review | Mar 8, 2022

Nobody will thrill people who fancy some violent laughs. Its perhaps best summed up by Lloyds assessment of his sons handiwork excessive, but glorious!

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2022

The director's knack for bravado action shines in part because Kolstad's script makes us care about Hutch, but we only care because he is perfectly cast.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

In a world full of tough talkers who boast what theyd do if given half a chance, heres a refreshing reminder what you dont know is reason enough to probably leave someone alone.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 3, 2022

Even better is Odenkirk who trained for two years to become an action hero - and owns it.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2021

Odenkirk is unsurprisingly brilliant, and the film is a hell of a lot of fun.

Full Review | Nov 19, 2021

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Nobody First Reviews: A Bloody, Funny, Stylish Shot of Adrenaline

Critics say the bob odenkirk movie feels like the snarky cousin of john wick , full of sly winks, memorable characters, and a healthy dose of outrageous action..

TAGGED AS: Action , First Reviews , movies , reviews

From the creator of the John Wick franchise comes Ilya Naishuller’ s Nobody , a similar action movie about a retired family man with a particular set of skills who goes up against the Russian mob. This one gives us comedic actor and Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk as the unlikely lead, and according to most of the early reviews of the movie, it’s worth seeing for him alone. That and a ton of brutal action and a tone that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Here’s what critics are saying about Nobody :

Is Nobody a good time at the movies?

Nobody doesn’t take itself seriously and just wants the viewer to have fun and have a moment to tune out from the real world for a couple of hours. – Jamie Broadnax, Black Girl Nerds

Is it a good movie? Not exactly. But its 90 minutes fly by, and it’s a canny vehicle for Odenkirk. – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Naishuller and Odenkirk prove to be a winning duo of entertaining chaos. – Preston Barta, Fresh Fiction

An immensely entertaining experience… You’re in for a wild ride that never lets up. – Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Will it satisfy action junkies?

Action-movie lovers get plenty to love, from an appearance from 1980s tough-guy actor Michael Ironside to well-crafted two-fisted affairs. – Brian Truitt, USA Today

Its approach to methodically crafted action will leave you cheering in your seat… This is an action film crafted by action fans with style, love, and the slyest of winks. – Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

Nobody doesn’t just exist in the action genre but adds to it. – Kate Sánchez, But Why Tho? A Geek Community

The combat, while not as flashily shot as the work of [ John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch], is utilitarian enough to get the job done. – Kyle Pinion, ScreenRex

(Photo by Allen Fraser/©Universal Pictures)

How violent is it?

[The bus scene is] one of those movie fights that just goes on and on, the violence moving from brutal to funny through sheer, absurd duration. It’s amazing. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club

The hyper-stylization and blood-letting are grounded by the gallows humor. – Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Nobody simply doubles down on the genre’s most immoral implication, for unquestioningly equating manliness with brute violence. – Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine

How is Ilya Naishuller’s work as director ?

With his second feature, Ilya Naishuller has grown as a filmmaker and truly has the potential to be one of the most exciting action directors working. – Sean Mulvihill, FanboyNation

[He] may be as far as you can get from a psychological realist… but he’s a born filmmaker. – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Naishuller stages the action effectively (that bus sequence stands out), delivering visceral thrills even for those of us who are keeping our distance. – John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

Naishuller is quite good at directing action. – Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm

How does it look ?

Pawel Pogorzelski’s cinematography is just fabulous in the film… Violence has never looked this beautiful. – Dewey Singleton, AwardsWatch

Midsommar and Hereditary cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski brings the same slick camera maneuvers that elevated those movies to dreamlike planes in service of pure entertainment. – Eric Kohn, IndieWire

Shout out to cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski, because stylistic flair becomes that much more important as narrative throughlines are straighter than arrows. – Matt Donato, What to Watch

How is Bob Odenkirk as an action hero?

He’s simply awesome and owns this movie. – Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson

A credible Jekyll and Hyde act… It’s a blast seeing the actor in this kind of role, even if Nobody does vaguely play like the nihilistic cartoon version of a Vince Gilligan arc. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club

The Odenkirk-ness is really all there is… which is enough to keep things interesting, if not make them all that good. – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

[This] may leave you longing to watch Better Call Saul and Odenkirk’s thorny performance as Saul Goodman, a truly piercing dramatization of frustration and failure. – Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine

Odenkirk deserves way better. – Kyle Pinion, ScreenRex

Does anyone in the supporting cast stand out ?

Christopher Lloyd is a special delight as Hutch’s shotgun-toting father. – Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

Christopher Lloyd renews his classic mad-science energy with a devious twist. – Eric Kohn, IndieWire

An appearance by RZA as Hutch’s brother, whose own hidden talents aid Hutch in his quest for vengeance, also adds some comedic flair to this story. – Jamie Broadnax, Black Girl Nerds

Other than Odenkirk, they have little to work with and don’t leave an impression. – Chris Agar, ScreenRant

How is the villain?

With a fearsome magnetism that’s at once authentic and operatic… He’s like the Frankenstein’s monster of hard-partying hooligans. – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

It all goes downhill once the villain, Yulian, is dropped into play. – Kyle Pinion, ScreenRex

One of the blandest movie villains in recent memory. – Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm

That Yulian fails to be compelling or intimidating contributes to the film’s overall low stakes. – Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

What about the writing ?

The plot of Nobody is, in a word, preposterous… It’s just a cardboard fable. But when the ultraviolence erupts, the movie pops. – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

The plot is absurd and could fall apart easily when looking back on it… Is it trying to say anything? Not really. This is as slight as it gets. – Aaron Neuwirth, We Live Entertainment

There’s some unwise and unnecessary narration early on, but the already slim exposition is tidily delivered in oft-comedic ways. – Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

Nobody seems to think that if it follows a paint-by-numbers Wick formula, that’ll be enough. It’s not. – Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm

The story lacks the emotional impact for the film to truly connect with viewers. – Chris Agar, ScreenRant

Is the movie funny ?

The film also happens to be a masterclass in sardonic humor. – Sean Mulvihill, FanboyNation

This isn’t a parody, but it offers sly humor on many levels…[and] a couple of well-timed visual gags. – Brian Truitt, USA Today

I was hoping for more comic relief lines. – Danielle Solzman, Solzy at the Movies

Is it trying too hard to be John Wick ?

Kolstad’s script takes a similar idea but finds the different wrinkles to… create a unique film in the similar mold. – Sean Mulvihill, FanboyNation

Like Kolstad’s John Wick , but it makes its own way with more humor and charisma than the more silent and gritty counterparts. – Kate Sánchez, But Why Tho? A Geek Community

You could call Nobody Wickian… In philosophy, however, we’re stuck in Death Wish territory. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club

If John Wick is Buster Keaton, Hutch is Harold Lloyd. – Aaron Neuwirth, We Live Entertainment

The influence is unmistakable to the point where it keeps Nobody from fully creating its own identity. – Joshua Starnes, VitalThrills.com

Should it get its own franchise ?

Move over John Wick and make way for Hutch Mansell. – Dewey Singleton, AwardsWatch

[It] leaves you eager to follow the Mansells on any blood splatter-filled journey. – Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Nobody features an instantly iconic action trio that I’d never imagine in a million a years. Now I want spinoffs and sequels with these characters. – Sean Mulvihill, FanboyNation

The worst thing you can say about it is this: It’s satisfying enough that it could spawn sequels, possibly distracting its star from the plum dramatic roles he deserves. – John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

Nobody releases in theaters on March 26, 2021.