{"id":42668,"date":"2026-09-08T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42668"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:41:36","slug":"normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42668","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Normal&#8221; (2025) starring Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler and Lena Headey \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z090826review_normal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Normal <\/i>(2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Ben Wheatley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Derek Kolstad, Bob Odenkirk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Small town. Big secret.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ulysses Richardson, the interim sheriff of Normal, Minnesota, has an easy gig.\u00a0 Normal is a small, quiet town full of friendly people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That all changes when two bumbling crooks try to rob the town&#8217;s only bank.\u00a0 Ulysses goes into the bank to talk the thieves into giving up.\u00a0 Meanwhile the Mayor, the deputies and many of the townfolk have lined up outside.\u00a0 They&#8217;re armed to the teeth and out for blood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inside, Ulysses and the two crooks are shocked.\u00a0 The vault contains waaaaay more money and gold bars than the small town bank should have.\u00a0 Way more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mayor informs Ulysses that the goods in the bank belong to a Japanese Yakuza crime syndicate.\u00a0 The town safeguards the syndicate&#8217;s goods and the townfolk get a monthly check.\u00a0 If Ulysses kills the two robbers, they&#8217;ll make him the permanent sheriff and he&#8217;ll get paid too.\u00a0 If Ulysses refuses, the citizens of Normal will kill the Ulysses and the robbers.<\/p>\n<p>Ulysses refuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh, and the crooks tripped the alarm that notified the crime cartel of the robbery.\u00a0 A squad of angry Yakuza are on their way now.<\/p>\n<p>Things are about to get crazy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Normal<\/em> is the third film that Derek Kolstad has written or co-written to star Bob Odenkirk.\u00a0 The others were <em>Nobody<\/em> and <em>Nobody 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for an over-the-top actionfest that doesn&#8217;t worry to much about anything but delivering fun and thrills, then give <em>Normal<\/em> a go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>Normal <\/i>(2025)<\/strong> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z090826review_normal2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal (2025) Director: Ben Wheatley Screenplay: \u00a0Derek Kolstad, Bob Odenkirk. Stars:\u00a0 Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey. 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