nobody [2021]

yes, because of the pandemic, & because i subscribe to a few streaming platforms, i've been watching a lot of movies & tv shows.  the plethora of choice for content is mindboggling.  gone are the days of the movie theater or the video store.  you can find yr movie fix online.  

not that i don't don't miss the movie-going experience.  the great sac 6 drive in theater [westwind drive-in movies, to be more precise] suffered a massive fire this morning.  the projection booth survived but the lower part of the building that housed the snack bar was scorched.  this is the last drive in theater in the area.  i know that in the lockdown portion of the pandemic the drive-ins had a boost of popularity on account that we can go out to the movies in our own vehicles & still observe social distancing.  & yet the drive-in theater is an endangered species.  when they are gone they will not return.  my hope is that that sac 6 drive ins can make their repairs & get back to full strength.

as for this movie under discussion i just watched it on the HBO app.  i've been watching clips of this flick on youtube.  now that i've seen the movie i can say that it is a hell of a lot of fun.  it's a comic book yarn about a retired government assassin cum family man who comes out of retirement to take on the russian mob.  is it realistic?  you gotta be shitting me!  

comedian bob odenkirk is hutch mansell, a former government cleaner who tried to go straight & clean with a lovely wife, played by connie neilsen, & two young tots.  but man! that urge to be back in the shit is strong.  mansell has a cathartic night of violence dealing with a bus full of young troublemakers.  one of those young men was the brother of a ruthless [ain't they all?!] russian mafia boss.  said boss wants revenge.  when the mob boss, played by aleksey serebryakov, attacks mansell's home with his wife & kids on the premises mansell's inner demon is let loose.  

deftly directed by ilya naishuller, who helmed the goofy but fun ultraviolent first-person shooter flick hardcore henry [2015], this movie also features rza as mansell's brother & christopher lloyd as mansell's dad.  both get in the shit with hutch mansell for blood is thick than water.  want a movie to make some logical sense?  go elsewhere.  but if you want to see a flick about a middle-age badass family man come back into his bloody own then this is the movie for you.

& please please please i hope the sac 6 drive in theater comes back to full strength.  for there is the happiest place on earth.