10 Awful Movies From 2018 With Awesome Concepts

4. Proud Mary

Proud Mary Taraji P Henson
Sony Pictures Releasing

The Pitch: A blaxploitation action flick with Taraji P. Henson as the spunky lead. 'Nuff said.

The Reality: Hollywood desperately needs more female-led action movies, and there are few actresses touting the larger-than-life, kick-ass appeal of Taraji P. Henson.

And so it's tremendously disappointing that Proud Mary - which Henson also produced, by the way - is just a garden variety revenge flick with little distinct personality of its own.

Achingly charmless and severe, the film couldn't even deliver the basic functional action sequences thanks to Babak Najafi's slapdash direction. What should've been Henson's John Wick turned out to be one of 2018's most forgettable genre vehicles.

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