Take out Jennifer Lopez and place in Liam Neeson for Taken 4... Or Tom Cruise for Jack Reacher 3. The negativity stops immediately.

This was enjoyable throughout. A spiritual successor to Haywire, in my eyes. U flustered, a strong female protagonist with an emotional depth that is belittled by a perfunctory script.

Concentrate on whether you want to turn it off and you'll discard all the negativity. It runs strong and has plenty of plot to keep it ticking along. The action reminded me of the last Craig Bond.

Dont underestimate this. It's a solid watch.

7.5/10

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.

The mother? Nope. The crap

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

J.Lo goes full-on motherer

Simplistic, predictable and generic assassin thriller. The mother daughter relationship/interactions is the heart of the movie but it's not enough to justify the 2h runtime. The second half was a lot better than the first. The snowy setting was nice. Generic acting. The action sequences were good (but badly filmed) and it doesn't shy away from violence. It would have benefited from a shorter runtime and a tighter, less cliché story.

Im not gonna say j-lo wasn't good in it. But hollywood, this concept is sooooo played out already. maybe not EXACTLY the same but dude i swear I saw this movies... peppermint, john wick, etc

I want to like it but so much damn stupid stuff. So first up there is the sniper attack where she has one bullet and is 3 ft from dude and can’t shoot him in the head. Then anytime after that she can magically shoot 90+ people perfectly while being shot at during explosions. I don’t think she ever misses anything. Kills the first baby daddy then just leaves, yes it is with the only effective FBI guy in the world, but then she just shows back up. Then train the bratty dumbass kid to kill but not give a fake name? So stupid plot holes! There is a lot of action but it is not really good action just a lot of it.

_The Mother_ delivers exactly what you would expect from Jennifer Lopez in an action movie. While there are a few decent action scenes sprinkled throughout, they aren't enough to compensate for the film's lackluster writing. Lopez brings her usual charisma to the screen, however the action genre doesn't really fit her skill-set. The plot feels predictable and lacks originality, leaving you craving more substance. It's a forgettable film that lacks originality and fails to leave an impression.

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I thought this was an enjoyable movie. It's not great, but definitely watchable. I do feel like the writers could have given the characters just a little more depth tho.

How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!

An hour and 55 minutes of continuous eyerolls...

The story was so cliche and predictable, and It was way too long of a runtime for what it was offering.

I think whoever told jennifer Lopez to take a role as an "elite assassin" should be fired. Her performance was cringey at best, and she just looks so awkward and out of place in this film.

It's watchable, but only if you have 2 hours to waste and nothing better to do.

not terrible but too long it started dragging wish it was shorter, faster paced and more actiony

I watched the first hour in two parts, but then I gave up. Don't take it personally if you liked it.

Not great, not bad.

The story was pretty shaky at the start trying to explain everyone’s relationships and there were a few plot holes and over reaching in the beginning.
But it definitely got better as the movie progressed.

The acting was ok, not great but not bad.

The blonde daughter was a little hard to take coming from two Latinos.

The scenery was fantastic, especially the winter snowy scenes.

Not a great movie but certainly not a waste of time. I gave it a 7 out of 10.

It was a decent action movie. I hated the blurry edges camera though