In a flashback, Hutch leads an ordinary, mundane life as an office worker with his emotionally estranged wife Becca, teenage son Brady and young daughter, Sammy.
Everyone thinks Hutch a failure for not fighting, but he reveals to his brother Harry that he held back because he knew the burglar's gun was unloaded.
Hutch locates the thieves and demands they return the bracelet, but leaves in frustration after realizing they do not have it and were likely robbing to pay for their infant’s medical bills.
Hutch breaks Teddy's windpipe before performing a crude cricothyroidotomy with a straw to allow him to breathe, although he falls into a coma and later dies of his wounds.
Hutch returns home and reveals to the remaining injured attackers there that he is a former "auditor", an assassin employed by the United States Intelligence Community.
Hutch sends his family to safety and retrieves his hidden gold and cash; he also finds Sammy's bracelet had been under the couch the whole time.
He burns the house down to dispose of the dead attackers in the basement and steals his neighbor's Dodge Challenger.
The police arrive and the opening scene is revisited, but he is suddenly released without charges following a mysterious phone call.
Additionally, Humberly González and Edsson Morales portray Lupita and Luis Martin, the thieves who break into Hutch's home.
Director Ilya Naishuller and musician Sergey Shnurov appear as Anatoly and Valentin, respectively, the hitmen killed by David.
In January 2018, it was announced Bob Odenkirk was set to star in the film, with Ilya Naishuller directing from a screenplay by Derek Kolstad.
[9] Odenkirk spent two years training with stuntman Daniel Bernhardt for the role and avoided bulking up as he didn't want to look like a superhero.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Nobody doesn't break any new ground for the genre, but this viscerally violent thriller smashes, shatters, and destroys plenty of other things – all while proving Bob Odenkirk has what it takes to be an action star.
"[24] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[13] The Hollywood Reporter's John DeFore praised the film's "enjoyably absurd violence", and wrote, "Taking itself much less seriously than the Taken series and its predecessors, it's a wish-fulfillment romp just as ludicrous as any of them but more fun than most.
[30] By August of the same year, Leitch confirmed that work on the script was ongoing, while stating that the studio had committed to releasing a sequel.
[35] In June 2024, Timo Tjahjanto was confirmed to be directing the sequel from a script written by Derek Kolstad, Aaron Rabin and Umair Aleem with Odenkirk reprising his role as well.
As the films are distributed by different companies (Lionsgate and Universal, respectively), Kolstad indicated this was unlikely and stated the franchises were "very different"; at most, he would like to see it done in a small and subtle Easter egg-reference manner.