YMMV / Nobody

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• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Yulian, in a way. Ultimately, he didn't kill any of the good guys (the only people he murdered or tortured were hardened criminals themselves); he has every reason to go after Hutch, and he's a proponent of Equal-Opportunity Evil.
  • Do Pavel and his last two Mooks leave Hutch's family alone after capturing Hutch because Everyone Has Standards and they never meant to harm his family? Or were they just in too big of a hurry to escape with their prisoner and treat their wounds to spend more time searching for Becca and her kids?
• Anti-Climax Boss: Downplayed. The final confrontation between Hutch and Yulian is quite short, but the nature of it, with Hutch running through a hail of gunfire behind an improvised shield of reinforced glass to blast Yulian point-blank with a Claymore charge, is memorable enough to still be satisfying.
• Awesome Music:
  • From the official trailer there's Louis Prima's recording of the "Just a Gigolo"/"I Ain't Got Nobody" medley.
  • Pat Benatar's “Heartbreaker” during the car chase scene.
  • Andy Williams' cover of "The Impossible Dream", which had fittingly been used to similar effect in the trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
  • Steve Lawrence's cover of "I Gotta Be Me" in the lead-up to the bus fight.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • The film is rife from start to finish with Black Comedy, always ensuing at the expense of someone else's well-being and safety. One example is the Running Gag of Hutch venting to the thugs he's wounded about his backstory only to discover that they died halfway through his monologue.
  • "GIVE ME THE GODDAMN KITTY CAT BRACELET, MOTHERFUCKER!"
  • Crushing a man's windpipe with a metal handrail? Horrifically brutal. Giving him a makeshift tracheotomy with a dirty knife? Nauseating. Inserting a drinking straw into the hole to help him breathe? Hilarious.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • While David is listed high in the credits, he only has about fifteen minutes of screen time, but is extremely well-liked for being utterly unflappable and just as entertaining of a Retired Badass as either of his sons. Being an avid believer of Shotguns Are Just Better and played by the popular Christopher Lloyd helps a lot.
  • Hutch's Hero of Another Story Friendly Sniper adoptive brother, even though he only shows up in person over an hour into the movie for the Final Battle. His being played by RZA helps.
  • Hutch's father-in-law is only in two short scenes but is well-liked for being played by a Playing Against Type Michael Ironside and being more reasonable than his boorish son.
  • Pavel, the Russian-Ethiopian Dragon, is fairly popular for his backstory, being a Morality Pet to Yulian, and coming across as a Consummate Professional (and then a Graceful Loser) after going after Hutch.
• Epileptic Trees: Given that Derek Kolstad and David Leitch, the respective writer and producer of John Wick, are involved with Nobody, it became a hot topic for fans of the former to suspect that this film has some sort of narrative tie-in to the franchise. However, both movies are backed by different studios (Lionsgate for John Wick, Universal for Nobody), so rights issues might emerge.
  • At the very least, the former has stated that he wishes to have both properties crossover in a minimalist fashion, and the two of them would be on the same side should they share more screen time.
• Fan-Preferred Cut Content: The trio of deleted scenes where Hutch's father-in-law looks into his past and the Barber helps keep that past private have fans who wish they'd stayed in, as they’re decently entertaining and give some characters who don't do much in the final cut some good moments.
• Fan Nickname: Some fans have taken to calling the film Saul Wick due to Bob Odenkirk's involvement and the similarities to the John Wick franchise.
• Fridge Brilliance: Of course David can still kick ass at an old age. He's a retired government assassin, people in that line of business don't tend to live long unless they're exceptionally good at what they do.
• Friendly Fandoms: Unsurprisingly, due to sharing a screenwriter and a uncredited co-director serving as a producer, this movie is well-liked by fans of John Wick.
• Funny Moments: The scene where Yulian Kuznetsov blackmails a "Pentagon Darren" into releasing classified documents to her or pictures of his BDSM (bondage) activities will be released to his family, after David Mansell persuades Yulian to continue researching Hutch to convince him of her employment credibility.
  • While the fight scene on the bus is a Moment of Awesome, the buildup is darkly funny. While Hutch is seething on the bus ride home after failing to get his daughter's bracelet back, a car full of drunk gangsters crash right next to the bus and begin bullying the other passengers, culminating in them sexually harassing a female passenger. Cut to Hutch with a big smile on his face, as he now has an excuse to beat the shit of these guys, all while a cover of "I've Gotta Be Me" is blaring in the background.
• Genius Bonus:
  • The tattoo on Hutch's wrist, a Seven of Spades and a Two of Diamonds, is statistically the worst possible starting hand you can be dealt in Texas Hold 'Em, since they are the lowest two cards that cannot make a straight (there are four cards between 2 and 7), and both of them are off-suit. Meaning if you ever see these two cards, you should fold immediately, because you are most likely never going to win. In Tarot readings, the Spade/Sword is linked to bad luck, death, and violence, while Diamonds/Coins are linked to money. Translation: This man dealt in death and violence for money, and seeing him is very bad luck.
  • Overlaps with Bilingual Bonus. Noticed that silly pop song that played during Yulian's introduction? While "Buhgalter" is normally translated as "accountant" or "bookkeeper", auditors are sort of specialized accountants too. And in the credits name of the song specifically translated as "The Auditor". That's your Hutch's own theme, tropers.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Christopher Lloyd using “Do svidaniya” as a Pre-Mortem One-Liner here when he was previously on the receiving end.
• Just Here for Godzilla: John Wick fans are interested because of the similar premises between both films, while Better Call Saul fans are interested due to the presence of Bob Odenkirk.
• Magnificent Bastard: Hutch Mansell is a former "Auditor" who grew tired of his violent lifestyle and decided to start a family. After two robbers invade his house, assault his son, and steal his family's belongings, Hutch gives in to his repressed rage and hunts them down. When he begrudgingly spares them, Hutch instead assaults several Russian thugs on a bus while completely unarmed. Upon finding out he critically injured the brother of Yulian Kuznetsov and discovering Yulian will retaliate, Hutch immediately guides his family to safety before he brutally and single-handedly kills Yulian's assassins sent to his home. He later destroys his home to eradicate any evidence and burns down Yulian's money-laundering operation. Afterwards, Hutch meets with Yulian and calmly warns him to back away from him and his family. When Yulian refuses, Hutch is thrilled that he gets to act out on his urges and lures Yulian and his thugs into a factory he booby-trapped, where Hutch and his brother and father successfully kill Yulian and his cronies.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Since Bob Odenkirk is playing a retired-but-still-deadly assassin, many a joke has been made about how this movie is set in the same universe as John Wick (especially considering it's produced by Wick co-director David Leitch and written by Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad).
  • There have also been plenty of references to how Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill decided to become Mike Ehrmantraut.
  • In the trailer, Hutch at one point tells his family, "Don't call 911," leading to commenters immediately chiming in, "Better call Saul!"
  • The film also has a Fan Nickname: "Better Kill Saul".
  • This exchange from the first Wick movie is especially funny when applied here.
  Viggo: It's not what you did, son, that angers me so. It's who you did it to.
  Iosef: Who? That fucking nobody?
  Viggo: That "fuckin' Nobody"... is John Wick.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • The Barber, the Crazy-Prepared Knowledge Broker played by Colin Salmon warrants his high spot in the credits despite only having one short scene.
  • Yulian's subordinate who is shown casually blackmailing a Pentagon employee to learn about Hutch only to wisely decide she wants nothing to do with him the moment she gets that information back.
  • The Desert Storm veteran who has an Oh, Crap! moment when he recognizes Hutch's military tattoo is only onscreen for a couple minutes, but is quite memorable.
  • The Dark Action Girl who is shown pulling a knife out of her side after the surviving mobsters from the attack on Hutch's house get into their car makes a good impression in her one scene. It helps how she bickers some with Pavel about whether to go straight to Yulian's or drop by a doctor first.
• Signature Scene: Out of the film's many action sequences, the very first confrontation on the bus where Hutch absolutely decimates a gang of thugs has become its most iconic due to its brutal nature, excellent action direction and Bob Odenkirk doing all his own fighting, showing exactly how dangerous Hutch is.
• Spiritual Successor:
  • To John Wick due to Derek Kolstad and David Leitch being involved in this film like with John Wick and universes having an Anti-Hero who goes back to work after someone violently invades their homes and sets them off. This film, is conversely, is about a man who reluctantly tried leaving a life of violence behind and finds an excuse to return to it.
  • It also serves as a successor to A History of Violence with more emphasis on Black Comedy. Unlike Tom Stall, Hutch Mansell is a comedic take on what happens when inherently violent people try to live normal lives and are itching to return to what they do best.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Some critics feel that Hutch's son and daughter are interesting but underused, could have had more scenes interacting with him (especially after he returns to his old ways) and don't get to do much besides give him some motivation to pursue the burglars.
  • The wounded goons from the aftermath of the attack on Hutch's house show both good skills (since they survived the fight) and some personality (as they protest one of Pavel's decisions). They could have been good recurring Mooks for the rest of the film, especially since one is a Dark Action Girl, but after that scene they never show up again due to Hutch taking them out by crashing their car.

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