Guardian - 12 January 2018, 17:23 (+ 2297 days 23 hours and 21 minutes) Movies & TV
The Oscar nominee finally gets a much-deserved chance at a career boost, but the film fails to meet her talents with sloppy direction and underwhelming actionYou can tell a lot about neo-blaxploitation thriller Proud Mary by the way that lead actor Taraji P Henson, coming off the back of her role in Hidden Figures, and her predominantly African American cast members are either over- or under-lit. This may seem like a negligible detail, but it’s a dismal sign that the makers of Proud Mary don’t know what to do with their terrific ensemble cast. Henson 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. Related: The return of blaxploitation: why the time is right to bring back Shaft and Foxy Brown Continue reading...