The most interesting part of Netflix’s “The Mother,” a decent if forgettable action pic starring Jennifer Lopez, is the one that is left largely unexplored. The movie is a high-concept thriller that boils down to just a few words: She’s a mother and an assassin. It’s mostly generic action trifle that’s very self-serious and wants to be a lot of different kinds of films.
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