Nobody

Nobody

Year: 2017

Runtime: 52 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Miguel Coyula

Documentary

Rafael Alcides, a Cuban writer unable to publish his novels, recounts their stories while struggling with failing eyesight and hearing. He attempts to complete his unpublished works, only to find the homemade ink used in his typewriter has faded over decades. The Cuban Revolution is portrayed as a complex tale of love and eventual disillusionment, seen through the perspective of a man living in self-imposed exile and grappling with the passage of time and lost dreams.

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After the dust settles from the events of the first film, Hutch Mansell finds himself pulled back into a life he tried to leave behind, taking on dangerous assignments for The Barber in order to settle a debt tied to a ruined Russian obshchak. The job is steady, but it weighs on him, and the strain begins to show at home. His relationship with his wife, Becca, remains tense and distant as Hutch struggles to reconcile the man he is with the family man he wants to be. In a bid to reconnect and realign his loyalties, Hutch asks for a break from the violence, hoping a simple family vacation might mend the frayed ties. The Barber, ever blunt, offers a warning that lands like a shadow over the plan: “Wherever you go, there you are.” Still, the family trip to Plummerville—a town with a childhood memory tethered to a beloved amusement park—feels like a lifeline, a chance to pause the cycle of danger and rebuild trust.

The vacation begins with a spark of chaos. At the arcade, Hutch’s teenage son Brady becomes entangled in trouble after Max, a local bully, destroys a plush toy meant for Brady’s younger sister, Sammy. The incident spirals, and the family is unceremoniously kicked out. An employee’s rough slap to Sammy’s head pushes Hutch over the edge, and he lashes out at the staff. The outburst catches the eye of Wyatt, Max’s father and the park’s owner, along with Abel, the corrupt sheriff with his own network of trouble. The confrontation sets off a chain reaction: Wyatt wants the family to leave the park, but Abel covertly sends his men to eliminate them, turning a family outing into a high-stakes peril trap.

The danger intensifies the next day on a boat, where Hutch is ambushed by Abel’s men and loses part of his pinky in the struggle. The situation deepens when Hutch’s brother, Harry, reveals that Plummerville operates as a bootlegging route. The Barber explains that the route is controlled by Lendina, the powerful figure Abel works for, and that Wyatt’s debt to her must be paid. Wyatt’s attempt to sever ties with Lendina triggers a brutal response: Abel kidnaps Max to force Wyatt back into the fold. Hutch’s instinct for de-escalation compels him to propose leaving town with his family, but the sight of Max’s kidnapping shifts his plan from retreat to rescue. In a calculated blaze of action, he burns Lendina’s money and drugs stash and detonates the warehouse, a move that leaves Abel scarred by the ensuing explosion.

With Max safe for the moment, Hutch and Max retreat to an old lodge, while Brady and Max attempt to repair their frayed bond. Becca’s anger at Hutch’s inability to keep his promise to stay out of trouble is palpable, yet she also makes clear that she intends to stand by him. The couple’s resolve strengthens when Hutch and Wyatt reconcile, and they rally to prepare the amusement park for Lendina’s arrival. They receive support from Harry and their father David, who bring a blend of experience and stubborn grit to the plan. The fight crescendos as Abel is executed at Lendina’s command for being a mere nuisance, pushing Hutch and Wyatt to eliminate the bulk of Lendina’s men. Harry handles threats at the lodge, Wyatt sustains a leg wound, and David is knocked unconscious in the melee. Lendina intensifies her assault, launching a direct strike on Hutch, but Becca steps in with a decisive move, tranquilizing Lendina in the eye. Dramatically, David recovers just in time to orchestrate a final strike: he blows up the park, annihilating Lendina and the rest of her forces.

The aftermath unfolds in a tense, almost technical calm. Hutch and Becca find themselves freed after an interrogation in an unfamiliar hangar, released on orders from an anonymous source, a reminder that they are still navigating a world where invisible hands pull strings. In the end, the family gathers to watch a visual album of their vacation, a quiet, moving coda that turns violence into memory and memory into resilience. What remains clear is that the bond between Hutch and his family—tested by danger, strained by violence, and tempered by shared peril—endures, even as the world around them remains unpredictable and dangerous.

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