On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Directed by Babak Najafi. PROUD MARY is a movie about a hit woman from a Boston organized crime family, Mary, who discovers her maternal side when she crosses paths with a boy named Danny after a hit goes wrong. Unwilling to shoot Danny, the 12-year-old, Mary follows him after she killed his father and left him an orphan. Amazon.com: Proud Mary [Blu-ray]: Taraji Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Danny Glover, Babak Najafi, Tai Duncan, Paul Schiff, Screen Gems: Movies & TV “Proud Mary,” directed by Babak Najafi from a script by Steven Antin, John Stuart Newman and Christian Swegal, is a rather more somber affair than other movies in the same tradition. The website's critical consensus reads, "Proud Mary proves Taraji P. Henson has more than enough attitude and charisma to carry an action movie—just not, unfortunately, one this indifferently assembled."

Proud Mary Movie Review from Black Nerd Comedy. Proud Mary Review plus Black Nerd Rants on Sony Pictures not marketing or having preview/critics screenings of this movie. Wrong. “Proud Mary” is an assassin-with-a-heart-of-gold action thriller in which the sizzle doesn’t match the steak (or, in this case, the low-grade VOD-and-cable-ready B–movie hamburger). Just My Opinion Reviews 10,421 views. Mary (Taraji P. Henson) is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. Perhaps the biggest part of Proud Mary working against the film, though, is its marketing.

Proud Mary is a decent enough action thriller, with a compelling - if rushed - story, that is undoubtedly elevated by Henson's performance. With Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough. The… REVIEW - PROUD MARY Saw the title of this film and was intrigued as the title is the same as one of the songs that I love "Proud Mary" so obviously I thought they have used this song to hang the story of the film on, right? Proud Mary MOVIE REVIEW #ProudMaryMovie - Duration: 14:02.