The Mother

Pretty dire movie on every level that's at least 30 minutes too long. Another vanity project trying to make Jennifer Lopez look like something she most definitely is not, an actress, let alone a decent actress. The story is a mix of about 15-20 similar action / revenge movies with all the same cliches and plot idiocy. Add into the mix some terrible camera work (blurred fish eye lense shots taken from the POV of some dog wandering around?), a most annoying kid that I can't fathom why the mother is trying to protect and countless incidents where the characters consistently make the dumbest decisions rather than the sensible ones. Mum trying to bond by fast-tracking the kid to master-assasin is just laughable. The only person who's acting is worse in this is the kid who's name I can't even be bothered to look to find. Acting is terrible, script is terrible. Had there been a half-decent actor playing the lead here it might have been able to get to a 4, but with J-Lo, even the 2 is generous. The garbage soundtrack doesn't help.

Very good movie. Especially for Mother's Day. Good action and suspense. Well worth a watch :thumbsup_tone1: