Proud Mary 2018

     Mary is a successful hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston.  She meets a young boy, Danny and he’s working for a rough drug dealer.  Mary regrets that she previously killed Danny’s father in a hit.  She has kept track of Danny and she sees it’s time to step into his life and change his direction.

     There is a LOT of action in this film but you know as you are watching that all of this has been done before?  Usually done by men but Henson never gives up at any time.  I think the cast deserved a better script!!  She knows how to organize her closet with plenty of guns!!  I really liked the way she drivers her Maserati!!  She never stays at the speed limit.  She doesn’t blink an eye when the car is riddled with bullets and the driver’s door is torn off!!  Later, she gets back into the car with Danny and they speed away as if it was just like new??.  This is no way to treat a Maserati!!  I would've definitely shed some tears!!  3* (this movie is OK)  

       

89 min, Action directed by Babak Najafi with Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Neal McDonough, Margaret Avery, Xander Berkeley, Rade Serbedzija, Erik LaRay Harvey, Danny Glover, Adobuere Ebiama, Owen Burke, Bo Cleary, Therese Plaehn, James Milord, Alex Portenko.

Note:  Imdb 4.8 out of 10, 28% critic 49% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Amazon 3.7* out of 5* with 169 reviews, 35 out of 100 with 23 critics 4.3 out of 10 with 27 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in East Boston, Lawrence, Lowell, Massachusetts.  This film is loosely based on the movie Gloria of 1980.  Henson was also a hit woman in Smokin’ Aces of 2006.  Budget was estimated to be $14 million and gross as of January 2018 was $39,322,706 million with a profit of $25,322,706 million.  There should be enough money for a new Maserati!!  There is another film with the same title from 2007.