From a quick look at the trailer, “Nobody” could be a reimagining of “Breaking Bad” where Saul Goodman goes into the witness protection program with Mike Ehrmantraut’s skill set.

It’s so much more. The “nobody” that Bob Odenkirk plays could dispatch the killer grandpa of “Breaking” and “Better Call Saul” without breaking a sweat.

“Nobody” is ridiculous and insane, but director Ilya Naishuller knows how to stage the mayhem skillfully, and it’s presented with a self-awareness that makes even the most outlandish scenes go down smoothly.

Odenkirk as action hero isn’t even the craziest thing in the movie. Christopher Lloyd, 82, plays his father, and he’s also adept at dispatching Russian bad guys.

Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell isn’t in the witness protection program, but he’s a man who clearly doesn’t want to call attention to himself. He’s a mild-mannered guy who seems to be in a loveless marriage, and he spends his days in a dull job at his father-in-law’s manufacturing company, mistreated by both the owner (Michael Ironside) and his brother-in-law (Billy MacLellan).

He loses the respect of his son (Gage Munroe) when two thieves break into the family’s house. The boy tackles one of them, but the father stands there doing nothing, even when he had a clear shot to disable the one holding a gun.

Hutch’s inaction wasn’t caused by fear. He doesn’t want to tap into that part of his personality. That changes when he believes the thieves took his daughter’s kitty cat bracelet along with the cash and spare change in a bowl on the kitchen table.

Hutch spares the thieves, but he’s now like an alcoholic who got his first taste in years. He craves more, and a group of drunken, violent Russians who decide to terrorize the passengers on a bus where Hutch is a passenger become a way to quench his thirst.

That action scene — close quarters, hand-to-hand combat with Hutch at a five-to-one disadvantage — is one of many in which Naishuller uses camera work and editing to turn these fight scenes into cinematic adrenaline shots.

Does he make the viewer believe that a man who looks like Bob Odenkirk singlehandedly could dish out so much agony? Not at all. But Odenkirk is less vain than the average action hero; he takes a beating while delivering one and lets the audience feel his pain. And he’s a better actor than the average action hero, making Hutch’s motivations clear.

If Hutch beating up five people seems crazy, just wait until he’s dispatching an entire army of heavily armed Russian henchman. It seems the guys he beat up on the bus were connected to a Russian crime boss (Aleksey Serebryakov), the kind of maniacal sociopath who will turn a martini glass into a weapon and kill one of his own men to make a point.

“Nobody” keeps the audience in the dark about Hutch’s backstory for nearly half of the 96-minute running time, so no spoilers here. But the second half of the movie shows how this one man is capable of more death and destruction than every character Liam Neeson has played this century and all of “The Expendables” combined.

The bit with the kitty cat bracelet and Hutch’s connection to his daughter reminded me of Nicolas Cage and the stuffed bunny for his daughter in “Con Air.” And while “Nobody” doesn’t have the large ensemble cast of colorful characters that “Con Air” had, both movies have the same winking self-awareness, inviting the viewer to have fun with each outrageous twist.

Any movie that has its hero rigging the manufacturing plant with deadly devices like an adult Kevin McCallister in an R-rated version of “Home Alone” can’t be accused of taking itself too seriously.

The only part where it’s difficult to suspend disbelief is Hutch’s relationship with his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen). Their marriage is portrayed as cold and distant to emphasize the drudgery of Hutch’s life in the early scenes, but Becca knows the truth about her husband’s past. Adding domestic misery early on contradicts the motivations that Hutch expresses later in the film for choosing the life he has.

It’s best not to go down that rabbit hole. Just enjoy the bloody ride, especially since we have to wait until next year to see Odenkirk on the final season of “Better Call Saul.”