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Review- Proud Mary (2018)

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    Golden Globe winner, Taraji P. Henson stars in Proud Mary as a hit woman working for an organized crime family whose life takes a different turn when she crosses paths with a young boy during an assassination job. I’m a huge fan of Taraji and I’m always excited to see whatever she stars in but unfortunately, Proud Mary was a terrible choice for her. She killed the role, as usual, but even her amazing acting wasn’t able to save this film. I don’t think the other cast members were the right fit for their roles, especially Danny Glover as a mob boss. There was nothing scary or intimidating about him and I just found his scenes funny. Billy Brown is a fantastic actor and he’s amazing in How To Get Away With Murder but I didn’t particularly love him here. I think Jahi Di’Allo Winston as Danny did a better job. 
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   Proud Mary's plot was thin and the script was very cliche. I expected it to be a little predictable, just like a lot of Action Thrillers, and they didn’t do anything to prove me wrong. I also expected a lot of action with Taraji blowing up places and people but we got only 2 action scenes through out the entire film which was really disappointing. I’m just glad it wasn’t more than 88 minutes because I was itching to leave the theater about 20 minutes into the film. It was boring and lacked enough character development. I’m a little pissed that Taraji starred in this film because I feel like she has gotten to a level in her career where we shouldn’t see her in certain films. Sadly, I don’t like this film enough to encourage you to see it in a cinema. Maybe from your TV or laptop screen. 

RATING 4/10
GENRE Action, Thriller 
DIRECTOR Babak Najafi
STORY BY John S. Newman, Steve Antin
STARRING Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough 
RUNNING TIME 1hr 28mins
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