A new Super Bowl clip for Nobody sees Bob Odenkirk's suburban dad killing for a kitty-cat bracelet. Nobody comes from John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad and its first trailer hinted at the film's similar premise. Odenkirk plays Hutch Mansell, a seemingly docile suburban father who is spurred into action after a home break in. What his family doesn't know is that, prior to his quiet life, Hutch was a brutal killing machine.
When his family looks down upon him for not taking action during the home break-in, Hutch goes full force on avenging those who put his family at risk, earning himself some new adversaries along the way. Nobody is directed by Ilya Naishuller, helmer of Hardcore Henry, a film shot entirely in the first-person of its titular character. Nobody's first trailer flesh out the premise of the film, but now a clip shows off more of the insane action to come, all in the name of family.
In the clip, Hutch hints at his dangerous past and the shady people he used to work for. We see him building a shrapnel bomb to ward off other killers, all while balancing his at home life and baking his daughter her favorite lasagna. When his daughter reveals that the intruders from the home break-in stole her kitty-cat bracelet, we see Hutch doing everything in his power to get the bracelet back from the perpetrators. Check out the clip below:
The John Wick comparisons were inevitable, but with the kitty-cat bracelet Kolstad nods at the Keanu Reeves led franchise. The brief clip makes it look as if Hutch’s sole motivation is his daughter’s bracelet and while it’s unlikely that that is the case, it is a sly callback to John Wick’s own motivations for revenge. When the dog he is given by his deceased wife is brutally killed, Wick seeks vengeance on those who caused him pain. While the John Wick series has its humorous moments, it is not known for its laughs, and that seems to be where the two differ.
Odenkirk uses humor to full affect here, calling back to his most notable character, Saul Goodman, from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hutch looks to be a blend of that character’s wry humor and the killer instincts of John Wick. Some have even floated the idea that Nobody and John Wick could take place in the same universe. With Kolstad the architect of this project, it’s possible. Cinematic universes are all the rage and John Wick has proven itself to be immensely popular. If Nobody performs similarly, then it’s quite possible we could see a crossover. We’ll have to wait until the film comes out to be sure, though.
Source: Universal Pictures
