And the Bob Odenkirk interview on Jimmy Kimmel is just as priceless and memorable. The guy's got a great sense of humor.
I thought it was a perfect movie. The best part was when they tried to kill his dad and the old man unleashed hell on their asses lol.
Same here. It was fine, but kind of unmemorable. Personally I'm tired of movies where the protagonist is an unstoppable killing machine. Once you realize that's what's going on there's not a whole lot of mystery left as to the outcome.
I really don't think that's the case. The reason the bus fight was so enjoyable was that he got as good as he gave and came out of it hurting. The thugs were used to bullying people who couldn't fight back, so they never had to become particularly skilled.
Meh... Far too many tricky cut scenes at the top, which I found heavy handed. And the overall pacing was a bit disjointed. Somehow I didnt get the ass kicking joy out of this one, no matter how hard the filmakers were telling me to care. Me thinks the director could use a serious Tarantino revenge film primer. My vote: good on an airplane.
Just watched this .... Anybody else get the feeling that after all those years, Bob just wanted to be 'Mike' from "BB" & "BCS"...once...?
I was hoping for something better, subtler and smarter from Odenkirk. "Unassuming family man who used to be a master killer" has been done to death. Typically way over the top action scenes, both hand-to-hand and with weaponry, with a ridiculous body count and "special/unusual" death for the villain.
Bus scene was the best bit, also was impressed with the villian( think he was in Banshee tv series)… final end scene .. father / friend helping him out, seemed a tad predictable. 7.5/10. My real concern from BCS actor .. Odenkirk, was that he trained to hard for the film.. believe maybe the strain led to his heartache, later.
I liked it. It did seem like a kind of overt parody of John Wick to me. Christopher Lloyd was definitely the scene stealer and had the best lines.
If it wasn’t for Odenkirk I’d hate this movie. With him its it’s just a big meh. American Beauty meets John Wick. Over half a movie of boring headshots and leaving opponents as bags of spurting gurgling blood is mind numbing. Leads who can’t miss or be hit from feet away makes things really boring. The American ice queen wife thawed finally. A mix of “I miss you” and knife wounds worked wonders.
That's just what I was thinking as well. That's what made it so realistic. This is not "Batman" where he rarely gets a scratch. Also, the beginning where he holds off whacking that girl thief with a golf club showed restraint and gave the movie it's initial view of Bob as a scared person not able to protect his family.
Christopher Lloyd's character reminded me of Terry Pratchett's "Cohen the Barbarian", the geriatric barbarian warrior. His opponents would always underestimate him because he was a very old man... without stopping the wonder how he managed to become a very old man in one of the most violent professions.
I felt the same way about Nobody as I did about Pig: They were fine, but nothing I haven't seen before, and nothing to really make them stand out. Just a very linear path from beginning to end with no interesting or unique story elements.
OTT, but good Still wondering why the bus driver opened the door for the thugs, rather than drive away.
Yeah, the bus scene was genius work -- the highlight of the movie for me. I was a little disappointed they didn't top it later on, but I thought the movie was good... maybe not great, but it had some interesting moments. In the promotion for the final season of Better Call Saul, Odenkirk said that the doctors told him that because he trained so hard, he was in "great shape" and the heart attack didn't kill him. He said his arterial blockage -- called by cardiologists "The Widowmaker" -- was serious and he was lucky to not drop dead, and that his system recovered quickly and he went back to work in a few weeks.
