Rob Reviews "Nobody 2"

Before screening Nobody 2, I did something that I rarely do when it comes to sequels: I went back and revisited the film that came before it.  I remember how much I enjoyed it, but I also realized how much of the details I had forgotten since 2021.  From the fun man-with-a-mysterious past plot to its over-the-top action and the right mix of humor, Nobody was a surprise hit for me, but I also feared that the re-watch would set the bar for the sequel a bit too high.  Luckily for me, this would not be a problem with Nobody 2.

Tim Tjahanto (V/H/S 2 and V/H/S/94) directs this time around, but he makes the wise choice to not try and change much to keep continuity in place.  Dutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), have started to drift apart again because of Dutch’s demanding “real job,” so to fix that, he decides to take his family to a resort city that he went to on his one and only family vacation he went on as a kid alongside the kids and his dad (Christopher Lloyd).  The only thing that Becca asks is for Dutch to leave work behind and just unwind, but as Martin Riggs once said, “I don’t go looking for trouble; it always just seems to know where I am.”  A simple lapse of reason gets Dutch caught up in something much bigger, leading to a showdown with criminal mastermind Lendina (Sharon Stone).

Nobody 2 is that kind of film that knows what it is and stays in its lane in a way that does not slow down its predecessor’s momentum.  I truly am glad I watched the previous film first to keep some of the more pertinent plot points fresh in my mind, which made me enjoy this one that much more.  Not to say that this cannot be enjoyed in a vacuum, but in an age where just about anything is available with a click (at the time of this review, the only way to stream it is to rent or buy from Prime Video, but I watched my Blu-Ray), there is no reason to get yourself up to speed as this one hits the ground running.

87Eleven continues to impress with their stunt work, and the fact that they do so with as little stunt doubles or trick camera work makes the action here intense and hardcore.  I found myself saying “oof” out loud more than once and even celebrating the demise of some of the bad guys that deserve it at the right times.  Odenkirk himself stays committed to his stunt work with the same intensity he brought in the first film while letting some of the more important visual elements that take place in its third act tell their part of the story in a way that made me smile that much bigger.  (If you haven’t seen the first one, I am not spoiling anything you may not know that connects here as well, so seriously… go watch it.)

Could there be a third one?  Of course there could.  Should there be a Nobody 3?  Of course there should.  Would I go see it as soon as I possibly could?  Of course I would.  Go now, go often, and go again for another great Summer of 2025 popcorn film!