Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is the victim of a home invasion. Rather than be macho, he allows the pair of thieves to leave, earning him the disgust of his teenaged son (Gage Munroe), his douchebag neighbor (Paul Essiembre), his father-in-law (Micheal Ironsides), and condescending brother-in-law (Billy MacLellan). Hutch does feel the sting and when his daughter (Paisley Cadorath) announces that the thieves have stolen her pink kitty-cat bracelet, Hutch has had enough. He tracks them down and finds... that they are just ordinary desperate people who don't deserve to die (and also they don't have the bracelet). But the carload of drunk Russians who board his bus and harass a random girl definitely deserve some vented rage! Oh, but one Russian has a brother, Yulien (Alexey Serebryakov), who must now restore honor to the family by sending wave after wave of goons to take out the seemingly mild-mannered Hutch.
Now, this is a John Wick clone! But slightly weaker since Hutch was 100% spoiling for a fight, not tragically raining hellfire despite deep-seated reluctance. He went looking for trouble and he fucking found it. And we absolutely should unpack the toxic masculinity depicted here and what it says about men in our society because there is a lot. But also, this is a really fun movie that answers the question "Can Christopher Lloyd still be adorably badass in his 90s?" with a resounding YES. Plus, where else are you going to find Doc Brown chilling with RZA from Wu-Tang Clan? Nowhere. Problematic? Sure. Also fun? Yes. These are not mutually exclusive. I don't know that it's stylish enough to carry a Wick-like franchise, but I'm not mad at it. It's currently only streaming for an additional fee but I'm sure it'll come to one of the services in the next couple of months.
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