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The Most Brutal Action Sequel Of The Year Just Manages To Surpass The Original

Siddhant Adlakha

created: Aug. 13, 2025, 4 p.m. | updated: Aug. 19, 2025, 2:36 a.m.

Like the first entry, Nobody 2 opens in medias res, during the police interrogation of bruised and bloodied Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk), priming us to expect brutality once again. It’s another distinctly Wick-like flourish, in a series that already feels like an alternate-take on the material — What if Keanu Reeves’ Baba Yaga had a family? Nobody 2 could’ve made for a bonkers family saga. Its water park-set finale plays out more like connective tissue rather than the main event, despite some inventive, Home Alone-style booby traps. Instead, it ends up just another John Wick clone, where a family happens to be present — usually just off-screen — and the ideas are all far better in concept than in execution.

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