Low-life mafia, a rather bland plot and, technically, almost a B-movie with a sickly yellowish tone to it for the most part. A success? When we don’t have the budget to put on a James Cameron, we have to use our imagination, and Mother’s Day does it, with some phenomenal action sequences that know how to stand out with that heavy metal rhythm and some touches of very acid humor.
It’s not the best of its kind, it doesn’t invent the formula of a female super-spy fighting gangs, it doesn’t have the biggest budget in the world and the plot is rather put there because something has to be told between fights… However, It is an entertaining film that is aware that its virtues lie in the skills of certain sequences and that, in the absence of Guy Ritchie and his team around here, we must try to render the best possible product given the possibilities that are offered to us.
And it’s different in terms of photography, so b-series, lots of handheld camera, irony and even cruel jokes. It offers an unconventional treatment for good entertainment, not great, but enough to narrowly escape sinking as an action movie that, without Jessica Chastain, manages to get away. Although with no high score, it’s fun enough to spend a pleasant evening.
And then forget about it before you go to bed.
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