As a compulsive moviegoer at a time when the surprise factor has become almost an anomaly, and after years of adding titles to my ever-growing list of viewings, I find few things more gratifying than the fact of facing a feature film with some preconceived ideas so that, without waiting for it, it ends up completely subverting – and for the better – my expectations .
This is precisely what the magnificent ‘Nobody’ has achieved. Since we saw its first trailer, Ilya Naishuller’s new film after ‘Hardcore Henry’ invited many – including myself – to think about a kind of apocryphal version of the ‘John Wick’ saga. However, despite sharing a good part of the bases of their genetic code – in fact, they share Derk Kolstad as a screenwriter – the resemblance ends up being only tangential.