2023 · action · thriller
The Mother
Directed by Niki Caro1h 55m2023
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Our read: The Mother (2023) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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