Hello All!

Just watched NOBODY last night. Very good. Never boring. I
liked its overall dark atmosphere, protagonist with a
mysterious past, the chain of consequences.. and a because of
his daughter's missing kittybracelet. The mob boss psychopath
was excellent.

It is not unlike something I could picture Bruce Willis in as
the lead, but this seemed fresh and different.

There's a short scene about a minute or two after the start of
the credits.

The story ending is structured to be open for a sequel or "more
to the story".

Another film that depicts a character that is unwittingly
involved with the mob is "The Drop" (2014)

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** On Sunday 18.07.21 - 09:40, August Abolins wrote to All:

Just watched NOBODY last night. Very good. Never boring...

I forgot to mention.. that the film had a very cool selection
of music throughout.

The film was reminiscent of what Quentin Tarantino might
produce. The stylized and choreographed fighting scenes were
well executed and well edited.

The music and the wild/crazy action scenes are what reminded me
of the Tarantino style.

Some humour, but never in a cheap or disposable way.

The scene with him reaching into his jacket pocket during
"interrogation" is memorable. The film provides the backstory
for that very nicely.

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On 18 Jul 2021, August Abolins said the following...

Just watched NOBODY last night. Very good. Never boring. I
liked its overall dark atmosphere, protagonist with a
mysterious past, the chain of consequences.. and a because of

It was pretty decent. Watched it a couple of weeks ago.

It is not unlike something I could picture Bruce Willis in as
the lead, but this seemed fresh and different.

It's written by the same guy who wrote John Wick. I can definitely see the similarities.

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Hello Richard Miles!

** On Thursday 22.07.21 - 19:08, Richard Miles wrote to August Abolins:

On 18 Jul 2021, August Abolins said the following...

Just watched NOBODY last night. Very good. Never boring.
I liked its overall dark atmosphere, protagonist with a
mysterious past, the chain of consequences.. and a
because of

It was pretty decent. Watched it a couple of weeks ago.

[...]

It's written by the same guy who wrote John Wick. I can
definitely see the similarities.

I'm reading some of the comparisons now. I did not realize that
the same writers were involved in both. I'm also reading that
the lead actor in Nobody did most of his stunts; that's
impressive. I really liked the "booby trap" elements in
Nobody.

I have John Wick poised and ready to watch, maybe later
tonight.

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It was pretty decent. Watched it a couple of weeks ago.

[...]

It's written by the same guy who wrote John Wick. I can
definitely see the similarities.

I have John Wick poised and ready to watch, maybe later
tonight.

I finished watching John Wick last night. Similaries between
it and Nobody abound. I thought the lines beween the Russian
mob leader and his son when the father asks "From who did you
steal the car?" ... Son answers, "Nobody" ..was pretty funny.

John Wick was clearly a more polished production, and a serious
storyline throughout. The part where Wick and the mob boss
duke it out "in honour" to the death reminded me of another
film that plays out exactly like that - but I can't remember
what film that was.

I just always find it funny that mobsters or assassins have no
trouble killing people they basically don't know.. but they get
very upset when one of their own (a wife, a kid, or another
gang member) is killed by someone.

Nobody relied on some humour every now and then and (in my
opinion) had a Tarantino comic-book style to the staging of the
scenes.

Once scene in John Wick was very bad technically. The scene
where they draw the female assassin to a particular place and
is surrounded by four gunmen standing around her to form a
four-cornered square, and shoot at her. If that were real,
that would make the diametrically opposed gunmen pointing their
guns at each other - thus shooting themselves! I thought that
was a badly staged.

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