
A.V. Club
Henson is thrilling to watch... Too bad she’s stuck in such an incompetently directed mess of a movie.
Full reviewHidden Figures' Taraji P. Henson is a hitwoman who kills a drug boss only to learn that she has left a boy orphaned. A year later, she saves the boy from a dangerous life on the street but finds herself unable to give the boy or herself a fresh start.
Henson is thrilling to watch... Too bad she’s stuck in such an incompetently directed mess of a movie.
Full reviewIt’s one thing to watch Henson’s Mary shoot her way out of a world of trigger-happy male oppressors. It’s another to watch her continually get shot down by a movie that’s not worth her time - or yours.
Full reviewWhere the movie falls and can't get up is in the dialogue, the camerawork, and the editing.
Full reviewProud Mary isn't a retro action thriller at all, but a staid family drama, and an incredibly boring one at that.
Full reviewHenson is the right actress to play a contract killer grown weary, but as a thriller Proud Mary doesn’t quite do her justice.
Full reviewThe gang-war intrigue is strictly formula, and too much of Mary’s character development is delivered through expository dialogue.
Full reviewHenson may be due for a Taken-style career boost (and Proud Mary may very well be it). But she deserves so much better than this.
Full reviewProud Mary is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.
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