Since we’re getting hit with all the pandemic sequels this year (looking at you, Old Guard 2), let’s highlight one we’re quite excited for: Timo Tjahjanto’s Nobody 2, which features Bob Odenkirk once again back in the saddle as the suburban assassin who finds himself in sticky situations even though he’s long out of the game.
Tjahjanto’s prior features — The Night Comes for Us, The Shadow Strays — are fucking incredible, and if you haven’t watched them yet, go sign up for Netflix to watch them as soon as possible. Anyhow, Universal dropped a trailer for the feature earlier on Tuesday, and man, we just can’t wait to sip Mai Tais and watch Saul Goodman annihilate some fools once again. Summer vibes, eh?
Peep it:
Here’s a much-longer-than-needed synopsis for Nobody 2:
“Sometimes the most dangerous place for a dad is a family vacation. Bob Odenkirk returns as suburban husband, father and workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell in the new chapter to ‘Nobody,’ the hit 2021 bare-knuckle action-thriller that opened at number one at the U.S. box office.
Four years after he inadvertently took on the Russian mob, Hutch remains $30 million in debt to the criminal organization and is working it off with an unending string of hits on international thugs. Much as he likes the slam-bang action of his “job,” Hutch and his wife Becca (International Emmy nominee Connie Nielsen) find themselves overworked and drifting apart. So, they decide to take their kids (Gage Munroe, Paisley Cadorath) on a short getaway to Wild Bill’s Majestic Midway and Waterpark, the one and only place where Hutch and his brother Harry (Grammy and Emmy nominee RZA) went on a vacation as kids.
With Hutch’s dad (Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd) in tow, the family arrives in the small tourist town of Plummerville (‘Plummerville’ is ‘Summerville!’), eager for some fun in the sun. But when a minor encounter with some town bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator (John Ortiz; ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, ‘Bumblebee’) and his shady sheriff (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Colin Hanks), Hutch finds himself the focus of the most unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss he (or anyone) has ever encountered (Emmy winning and Oscar-nominated screen icon, Sharon Stone).“
Nobody 2 hits theaters on August 15. And when we say “hits,” we mean “Timo Tjahjanto will put his fist through your chest and pull out your beating heart just to hit it with an adrenaline shot.”