20 Worst Movies Of 2018 (So Far)

13. Proud Mary

Proud Mary Taraji P Henson
Sony Pictures Releasing

Taraji P. Henson is fabulously cast in this lame blaxploitation throwback that fails to live up to its subversive, self-aware potential. Instead, it takes itself incredibly seriously while lacking the stylistic flair to be entertaining as a base genre film.

Henson is trying, bless her, and she doesn't embarrass herself, but the melodramatic narrative - which sees her spending more time caring for a boy she orphaned than kicking a** - is weirdly boring, and the movie outstays its welcome even at just 88 minutes long.

Worst Moment: The headache-inducing editing, which means the action scenes are no fun and even the talky ones feel like they were assembled by aliens with no prior knowledge of actual human interaction.

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