The Mother
This is a movie we've all seen before. Clichéd and formulaic, The Mother rides lazily on action movies before it, without offering anything tangible or new to the genre, and it's such a shame that three prolific writers were involved in making the plot.
Jennifer Lopez's acting is good, but with the material she had to work with, it's a dud. Lucy Paez as Lopez's daughter is a revelatory performance, and this should be a career launcher; her facial mannerisms also remind me of Sydney Sweeney.
The Mother has nothing new to offer, but even with the cliches it's still a watchable flick.
5-6/10.
The Mother
2023
Action / Thriller

The Mother
2023
Action / Thriller
Plot summary
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
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Top cast
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Solid if somewhat cliché action
Cliché riddled
Nope. She is not an action hero
The trailer is deceiving.
It led me to think I was gonna watch something to the tune of NOBODY. Instead we get this bad-ass lady (by way of narration by a law enforcement officer as to her past accolades) who does bad ass things early in the movie and suddenly, seemingly it all finished. Then soon audiences are reminded oh wait another bad guy still has his portion to get through.
Plotholes, cliches, mentorship in badassery to her kid that doesn't pay off and just poor writing makes for this incoherent action flick.
Sure Lopez has done some (better) action flicks in the past but this won't be the one she will be remembered by.
Jessica Chastain does a better job, Jennifer Garner, heck even Michelle Rodriguez too at being an onscreen bad-ass chick.
The only badass scene here really is when she rode that HD 48.
Such a dissapointment.