Normal brings Bob Odenkirk back into violent territory as a weary lawman caught in a small town with dangerous secrets.
Reuniting with Nobody creator Derek Kolstad, the film casts Odenkirk as Ulysses, a disillusioned cop appointed interim sheriff of Normal, Minnesota, after the death of the town’s beloved police chief. Hoping for a quiet reset, he instead walks into a nightmare when a routine bank robbery turns on him and his own officers open fire.
Directed by Ben Wheatley, the film leans into close-quarters chaos and heavy bloodshed, though early reactions suggest it rarely reaches the wild extremes promised by its premise.
Normal premieres in Toronto’s Midnight Madness section, positioning itself as a gritty B-movie aimed squarely at hardcore action fans rather than broad audiences.
