Over the weekend, I got a chance to watch a movie on Netflix called “The Mother.” The first thing I thought was, what an odd name for a movie. Why not call it something more related to the movie, like “A Mothers Love,” “Coming Home,” or “Full Circle,” but “The Mother” is quite odd and corny.
Moving past that, Jennifer Lopez plays a well-trained military vet and assassin who comes to save her daughter, whom
Omari Hardwick plays her partner, who is also a military-trained assassin. He teams up with her to help fight off the bad guys. Initially, this movie was off to a stagnant start. As a matter of fact, I almost turned it off 15 minutes into it, but it started to pick up the pace around that time. I kept thinking of the movie “SALT” with Angelina Jolie. It reminded me of that concept, and Angelina, of course, in that role, was very convincing. As I stated, Jennifer took me a minute to associate her with that type of role, but
