Movie Title: Proud Mary
Grade: C
Rating: R, 1 hour 29 minutes
In a Nutshell: Who doesn’t love Taraji P. Henson? I thought she was great in Hidden Figures
, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
. She is equally competent on TV, such as in Empire Season 1
and Person of Interest: Season 1
.
I expected great things from her in this film and wasn’t disappointed. She’s much more talented than this script and is the only reason worth seeing this movie.
, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She is equally competent on TV, such as in Empire Season 1 and Person of Interest: Season 1. I expected great things from her in this film and wasn’t disappointed. She’s much more talented than this script and is the only reason worth seeing this movie.
Tips for parents:
- Violence, murder
- Several people beat up a young boy.
- F-bombs and other profanity.
- Bloody deaths.
Uplifting theme:
- Family
- Second chances, redemption
Things I liked:
- Danny Glover still has it, although he’s so lovable that it’s hard to take him seriously as a hard-core hit-man boss.
- I was waiting for that famous Tina Turner moment when the Proud Mary song would play while Taraji kicked butt. You have to wait a long time, but it’s fun when it finally happens.
Things I didn’t like:
- The blonde wig doesn’t quite work for Taraji like it did for Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde
, but we get the point.
- Cliched Russians.
- Not a single cop to be found, despite all of the violence and shooting in the neighborhood.
- That last shoot ’em up scene was ridiculous.
- No advance screenings for the media or critics to preview the film. Haven’t the producers heard of marketing?
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