R | 1h 55m | Thriller, Action | May 12, 2023
“The Mother,” on Netflix, is a dark action thriller starring Jennifer Lopez as a nameless former assassin, forced out of retirement in order to protect the daughter she gave away at birth. Does that whole premise make you snicker?
The Mother (Jennifer Lopez) is out to prevent special forces operatives from kidnapping her daughter, in “The Mother.” (Eric Milner/Netflix)
It’s easy to forget Jennifer Lopez is an accomplished, impressive A-list movie star, even though she nailed the crime genre early on with 1998’s “Out of Sight.” She broke into show business as one of the dancing Fly Girls on “In Living Color,” before earning global superstardom via her dance-centric music videos….