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Movie Review: Nobody 2

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The new movie “Nobody 2” is the sequel to “Nobody”, released in 2021. This movie is almost entirely about the most violent and awkward fight scenes in the history of cinema, with the huge bus fight in the first movie being one of the most insane and crazy fight scenes ever filmed.

With this new version, there are several fight scenes as long and as crazy as the first movie, with the main character, Hutch Mansell played by Bob Odenkirk, taking on as many as eight attackers all at the same time, and despite being about five feet nine and maybe 200 pounds, Hutch manages to win every time. What is always ridiculous about movies like this, including the “John Wick” series, is that with so many guns and so many attackers all attacking at the same time, there is no way any of these fights would not result in the instant death of Hutch Mansell. The solution to this is to try to make the action scenes more believable, rather than so insane, but after all, this is a movie.

There is not much of a plot for this second installment, other than Hutch and his family, including his wife, Becca Mansell played by Connie Nielsen, and his two kids, Sammy and Brady, played by Paisley Cadorath and Gage Munroe taking a trip to an amusement park, where the arguments and fights with the townspeople starting with Gage start within minutes of their arrival. One shove of Hutch’s daughter by one of the security guards, and the insane fighting starts, and is followed by several more fights, one in a boat that is almost as impressive as the bus fight in the first movie.

Hutch’s father David, is also in the sequel, played by Christopher Lloy,d and his brother, Harry played again by RZA make the majority of their appearances during the final action scenes that resolve a huge battle at the amusement park between an evil woman, who heads a drug cartel, named Lendina, played by Sharon Stone. Two men, Hutch and a former member of the cartel, Wyat Martin, played by John Ortiz, hold off about 25 of Lendina’s soldiers, making for a finale that will remind everyone of all the John Wick movies.

Nobody 2 is not as good as the original, but the well-choreographed action fight scenes and special effects are enough to make this a solid recommendation, and I agree with the 78% Rotten Tomatoes consensus.

Movie Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer

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Far too often, it is hard to believe the movies that are chosen by executives to remake It is often difficult to understand the films chosen by executives for remakes or, in this case, a new sequel to the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” (1997). At its best, the original movie was a very stupid, poorly produced slasher movie that grossed only 125 million world wide. Through some demographic calculations and surveys based on the name recognition created from the original movie, the decision was made to try and make more money from the same basic idea about young people on a dangerous road who make a series of mistakes, and a young man dies.

This sequel did not have enough imagination to create a new idea, and once again, five people in their twenties are on the same kind of road overlooking a cliff, with one drunk idiot playing a game of chicken with oncoming cars at night, and once again, someone dies in a car accident. Why not think of something new? Why not have a new evil slasher character that kills people other than, once again, the faceless man in the dark raincoat who guts people with a giant fishhook? We saw this already, 28 years ago. Why do the same thing again?

This time around, there are five new characters in their twenties, Danica Richards played by Madelyn Cline, Ava Brucks played by Chase Sui Wonders – both of whom recently dated Pete Davidson. The other 3 actors involved in the car accident at the start of this movie are mostly unknown. The “hook” idea to save the box office for this bad movie is to bring back three of the main actors of the original 1997 movie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., and a strange, misplaced dream sequence cameo from Sarah Michelle Gellar. The attempt to connect what happened in the first story with this new story failed, along with the absurd ending – an attempt to shock and surprise the audience with the unveiling of the killer. This attempt at shocking surprise turned out to be the worst part of this bad movie because it all made zero sense. The other bad part of the ending was the idiotic reappearance of people who were definitely killed in previous scenes, who for reasons unknown, are still alive despite being killed.

This time around, the critics on Rotten Tomatoes are correct with their very low 38% ratings for this bad slasher movie. I agree with this low rating and do not recommend this film. Hopefully, this is the last movie in this franchise.

Hulu Series Review: The Bear Season 4

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The shame about the great series “The Bear”, now in its 4th season, is that after season 2, the series lost its way. What was so good about this series, which premiered in September 2022, is that for some reason, the writers and producers forgot that the greatest thing about this story is that it demonstrated for the first time the nightmare of hard work, chaos, and non stop problems that people who are high level Chef’s in the best restaurants go through, every day. The other great part was showing what it takes to create the best food in the world. Then problems with expenses, employees, turning a profit, etc. In the last two seasons of The Bear, all of these most important ingredients that made the first two seasons so great are almost nowhere to be found.

With few exceptions, this 4th series seems to be about finding excuses for insane, talking at the same time, screaming arguments over issues that ordinarily would not require this level of rage and yelling. This is at its worst in the 10th episode, when Carmen, played by Jeremy Allen White, has an over-the-top, lengthy argument with Sydney, played by Ayo Edebiri. This argument could have been resolved in 10 minutes, and yet it lasted almost the entire 34 minutes of the last episode, ending with Carmen’s friend Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, joining the argument. Regardless, the acting is impressive during many of these arguments, with no evidence of acting; it all seems like real life. However, the point of all yelling is lost, because the reasons for the arguments do not support the extreme overtalking and anger in almost all cases.

As with the 3rd season, there are numerous cameos from well-known actors in this 4th season, including Gillian Jacobs, Will Poulter, Joel McHale, Rob Reiner, John Mulaney, Josh Hartnett, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Brie Larson, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The first time appearance of Brie Larson, who plays Francie, was one of the best parts of this 4th season, including an ongoing, funny, foul-mouthed argument with Natalie during a wedding, played by Abbie Elliot.

By far the best episode of the 4th season was episode #7, about the wedding of Pete and Natalie, which includes the Francie and Natalie argument and an outstanding scene where a young girl is hiding under a table, and is joined, one by one, by the entire cast. The dialogue in this one scene is outstanding, showing the phenomenon that when people are gathered closely together in an enclosed space, tension and problems can sometimes seem to melt away. This episode was rated 9.5 on IMDB, by far the highest rated in this 4th season..

One huge complaint in this series is the nightmare of nonstop chain smoking from too many of the characters. There is no need for this much smoking in any movie, and the Tobacco companies should be barred from funding movies only if they show smoking.

The first two seasons of The Bear were rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the huge drop to 83% is for the reasons of forgetting all of the main reasons why the first two seasons were so good. I do recommend the 4th season of The Bear, mainly for the acting and for the great 7th episode.