Showing posts with label Bob Odenkirk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Odenkirk. Show all posts

Monday, 12 January 2026

Cleaner and Nobody 2

Two movies where the hero gets loads of plot armor.

Cleaner

Joanna "Joey" (played by Daisy Ridley) has always liked climbing, as depicted in the opening of this flick where she is climbing around some super strong furniture. Fast forward and she's working as a window cleaner for some high rise building when a bunch of murderous eco-terrorists (who are incredibly slow with their trigger fingers) show up to take some corporate suits hostage. Too bad for them they didn't count on the ex-military cleaner chick hanging outside the window... and her autistic brother. It's... not great. I actually think G20, which has a very similar plot, is a better film (by just a little).

Nobody 2

Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) is back and needs to take his family on vacation but his "work", which involves gratuitous and hilarious violence, continues to follow him everywhere. The action and the humor are about the same from the first movie with just a different set decoration this time around, with some minor plot progression in tow - just like a holiday special right? If you liked the first movie, you'll enjoy this one too.

Sunday, 18 July 2021

Nobody

That's who messes with him.

A home invasion triggers regular family man Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) to revert back to his more violent, previous life. It's a very similar story to John Wick, with equally gratuitous violence and some good fight scenes, but this definitely takes a more humorous approach to the whole thing.


You should see the other guys.

Alas, the big finale involves lots of people who can't seem to shoot stationary targets in the open and while I could probably head cannon a few of them simply dodging (they aren't), one of these people is a very old dude. The plot armor runs thick, and while John Wick also has that - he covers it with a good layer of actual armor (yes BS fabric but its something). Still an entertaining film, and probably more so if you have no idea who John Wick is. I give it three kitty bracelets out of five and would probably watch it again.