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A serviceable, often funny action sequel that leans hard into dad-movie charm and bruising set pieces, but it’s more of a riff-and-remix than a must-see upgrade. If you liked the first film’s underplayed lead and want a vacation-from-hell version of the same premise, it should do the job; if you want sharper… Read more
Where to watch: Buy
Wed · 1h 29m
Director: Timo Tjahjanto
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
Timo Tjahjanto
Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz
A serviceable, often funny action sequel that leans hard into dad-movie charm and bruising set pieces, but it’s more of a riff-and-remix than a must-see upgrade. If you liked the first film’s underplayed lead and want a vacation-from-hell version of the same premise, it should do the job; if you want sharper plotting or bigger emotional payoff, this one may feel thin.
Nobody 2 keeps the franchise’s best selling point intact: Bob Odenkirk’s deadpan, exhausted everyman energy makes even the most absurd carnage feel oddly grounded. The vacation setting gives the movie a fresh comic wrapper, and the theme-park chaos lets the action play like a string of escalating bad decisions with bruises attached.
What it doesn’t quite have is the surprise factor of the first film. The sequel feels lighter on character and heavier on set-piece mechanics, so the story can seem like a delivery system for fights, gags, and increasingly elaborate payback. That’s not a dealbreaker if you’re here for the mayhem, but it does keep the movie in “pleasantly disposable” territory.
Still, the tone lands well enough to make it an easy recommendation for action fans who don’t mind a little self-aware silliness. It’s the kind of sequel that knows exactly what it is: a rough, funny, blood-splattered weekend diversion with just enough personality to stay watchable.
thenotoriousjac (3.5★) · 5867 likes
John Wick isn’t available? Better Call Saul.
Kit Lazer (3★) · 2468 likes
Guess who was in the theater with me? …. Nobody. It’s nowhere near as good as the first film but it has the same undeniable charm. There are “Dad movies” and then there is this—it’s so dad-coded it makes Reacher look like a rom com. This is the New Balance and jorts of action flicks. I’d write more but I gotta go cut the grass now.
zoë rose bryant (3.5★) · 1857 likes
National Lampoon’s Vigilante Vacation
𝐉 (3★) · 1513 likes
they didn't call saul, so he took it personally
cob (4★) · 1458 likes
they could make ten more of these and i’ll be seated every time
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family vacation gone wrong, secret past resurfaces, vigilante justice, corrupt small-town power, domestic action comedy, middle-aged competence fantasy, escalating revenge, outsider versus local criminals
action-comedy, thriller, violent, darkly funny, dad movie, revenge, small-town crime, vacation chaos, hard-R, 2020s