One night, armed burglars break into their home and Hutch, along with his son fight back but then he relents, de-escalating the situation and the burglars flee with his watch, a small amount of cash and random handful of stuff they grab on the way out.
Friends and neighbours are shocked but slightly dismissive of Hutch for not "kicking their asses" like any red blooded American male should.
Bridling at this, when Hutch funds out a toy bracelet his daughter likes is missing, he looks to track down the thieves and starts a spiral of escalating violence.
The "retired ultimate badass living in suburbia/seclusion gets riled up" movie is a small but fruitful action genre and this is an absolute peach.
A surprise hit, it really deserves that success. Its blackly comic violence is beautifully done. Odenkirk is oddly convincing in this despite looking nothing like an action star and there are lots of little visual gags.
Great too to see cameo roles for Christopher Lloyd as his ass-kicking father and Michael Ironside as his boss.
It's notable that at several points Hutch tries to stop things escalating (and fails), chats humanely with dying henchmen and is decent to people in little ways that make the absurd violence even more stark.
Some of the action is done in montage, probably to save money, but it also helps keep the running time down to a punchy 90 minutes, at no point did it get baggy and slow.
It's not going to give you any profound insights on the world but if you want an excellent "beer and pizza" action movie, this is the best of the breed I've seen for quite a while. Recommended 8/10.