An overworked assassin takes his family on vacation to a tourist town. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a shady sheriff and a bloodthirsty crime boss. A film by Timo Tjahjanto, starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, RZA, Colin Salmon, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Bernhardt, Paisley Cadorath, Gage Munroe, Lucius Hoyos, and Sharon Stone.
NOBODY 2
Timo Tjahjanto
(2025)
After the events of the film, Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) becomes busy working on assignments for the Barber to pay off the debt he incurred when he burned all the Russian money. Because of his demanding work schedule, Hutch grows distant from his son Brady (Gage Munroe) and daughter Sammy (Paisley Cadorath), rarely seeing them at home or having dinner with his family. His wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) is concerned about his overworking but chooses not to say anything.
During one of his assignments, Hutch stumbles upon a Plummerville sticker on the side of a truck and suddenly recalls his happiest childhood memories when his father (Jeremy Warren) took him (Nolan Grantham) and his adopted brother Harry (Jahron Wilson) there.
When Hutch tells the Barber (Colin Salmon) that he needs a break, the Barber reminds him of the remaining $30 million debt the agency paid off for him. He also warns Hutch that his assassin work is in his nature and he can’t escape it. Hutch eventually decides to take his family, including his father, to Plummerville in hopes of reconnecting with them and creating happy memories together.
At Plummerville’s arcade, Brady gets into a fight with a local bully named Max (Lucius Hoyos) after Max accuses Brady of flirting with his girlfriend and destroys Sammy’s stuffed toy. Things quickly escalate when security guard Toby (David MacInnis) intervenes and asks Hutch and his family to leave the arcade. Not wanting any trouble, Becca tells Hutch they should go. Just as they’re about to exit the arcade, Hutch sees Toby smack Sammy on the back of her head.
Unable to let it go, Hutch lies to Becca that he left his phone and returns to the arcade. There, he beats up Toby and other staff members who get in his way. Becca and the kids come looking for him and are shocked by what they find. Later, Hutch and Brady are taken to the Plummerville police station.
Sheriff Abel (Colin Hanks) brings Hutch to his office, where Hutch meets Wyatt Martin (John Ortiz), the most powerful man in town. Wyatt reveals that Brady injured Max’s pitching arm during the fight. Hutch calmly tells Wyatt that he will make Brady apologize, then suggests Wyatt check the security camera footage because one of the security guards hit Sammy on the head. He asks what Wyatt would have done if it were his own child. Wyatt decides to let Hutch and his family go.
Despite Wyatt telling the cops to leave Hutch’s family alone, Sheriff Abel ignores the order and tasks Deputy Dann (Jacob Blair) with gathering some men to get rid of Hutch’s family. Dann leads his men in an attack on Hutch during a duck boat ride but ends up getting beaten instead.
After surviving the ambush, Hutch calls his brother Harry (RZA), who just returned from Osaka, telling him that Plummerville isn’t as friendly as he remembers it. Harry reveals that Plummerville is actually an old trade route and he’s surprised Hutch seems unaware of the real reason their dad brought them there for their one and only family vacation. Hutch suddenly realizes their father must have been on a mission. Harry then explains that the local cops are working with a big syndicate and don’t want someone like Hutch sniffing around.
The Barber confirms that Plummerville is a back road used for trafficking drugs, guns, viruses, and something worse that come down from Canada and go to points unknown. This route is controlled by a unique and notoriously ruthless individual named Lendina. He explains that the town is critical to Lendina’s larger criminal empire and warns Hutch that if he disrupts their business, Lendina and her squad will come for him and his entire family.
When Lendina (Sharon Stone) calls Wyatt, he tells her that this shipment will be his last job for her, asserting that his father’s debt is finally paid off. However, Lendina has no intention of losing control of Plummerville. After her threats fail to persuade Wyatt, she turns to Abel and orders him to take something that really matters to Wyatt. Abel then captures Wyatt’s son to use as leverage.
Following the Barber’s advice, Hutch confronts Abel and Lendina’s men at the warehouse, threatening to burn Lendina’s money unless Abel leaves his family alone. Abel agrees and lets Hutch go, but as he’s leaving, Hutch sees the kidnapped Max pleading for help. Initially reluctant to get involved, Hutch drives away but quickly returns to rescue Max. During the fight, Hutch accidentally shoots a hanging lamp, sending sparks onto Lendina’s cash, which ignites and burns down the entire warehouse.
Directed by Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto from a screenplay by Derek Kolstad and Aaron Rabin, NOBODY 2 is an action thriller that serves as a direct sequel to NOBODY. The film follows the former government assassin as he takes his family on a trip to Plummerville, a place his father used to bring him as a child.
It’s understandable why the studio greenlit a sequel after the first film’s commercial success. The first movie grossed over $57 million worldwide against a $16 million budget and received positive reviews. However, expanding the narrative proves challenging. Unlike John Wick, the main character in NOBODY doesn’t have a fully built world around him. The first film was so impressive because it felt fresh and unpredictable. We’d never seen a main character like Hutch Mansell before, so his deadly skills were a genuine surprise.
In the sequel, that element of surprise is gone, and everything feels formulaic. We already know what Hutch is capable of, and there are no twists. I kept thinking they were going to introduce a bioweapon or deadly virus to shake things up, but the locked biohazard container ends up being nothing more than a meaningless prop that creates brief tension.
The final act even feels like a violent version of HOME ALONe, replacing the house with a theme park full of stabbing and exploding booby traps.
NOBODY 2 was theatrically released in the United States on 15 August 2025.
