A Pop Diva’s Surprising Turn as an Action Star Is Dominating Netflix in 79 Countries

Jenny from the block turns into Jenny with a Glock.

In a stunning flip for the famous vocalist, Jennifer Lopez has scored a large success on Netflix by taking part in a lethal murderer. The star, who’s arguably extra related to romance than violence, has seized the highest of the Netflix charts in 79 international locations together with her new motion movie, and it doesn’t appear to be she’ll let go any time quickly.

In The Mom, Lopez takes on the position of a lethal murderer who’s dragged again into her violent previous as she makes an attempt to unravel the sophisticated areas the place her life and lethal profession intersect. Directed by Niki Caro, who helmed the latest live-action Mulan, and written by Lovecraft Nation showrunner Misha Inexperienced, the movie does an admirable job of taking the normal story of a really harmful man whose household is in hassle and turning it barely on its head. In accordance to FlixPatrol, audiences appear to be having fun with it, too, because the movie quickly dominated the Netflix charts and exhibits no indicators of transferring.

Whereas most individuals will affiliate Lopez with both her signing profession or her time spent in an assortment of rom-coms reverse impressively jawed main males, she has made some stellar profession selections which have led to some very fascinating motion pictures. She was courageous sufficient to affix each Sean Penn and Nick Nolte in 1997 for Oliver Stone’s U-Flip, and she or he took on the primary position within the thematically troubling and visually arresting The Cell by Tarsem Singh in 2000. Additionally, she was in Anaconda, the most effective movie about big snakes to ever grace our screens.

It must also be famous that Jennifer is following within the footsteps of motion luminary Liam Neeson, who didn’t actually dive into the world of motion motion pictures till he was in his 50s. That’s proper, of us. Jennifer Lopez is 53 years previous however is fortunately getting old like solely the ultra-rich can afford to do.

Hopefully, it results in an outpouring of movies the place a few of Hollywood’s extra seasoned main women get their probability to crack some skulls and threaten shadowy figures over the telephone. I’d pay good cash to see Jennifer Aniston take out hordes of henchmen as she makes her option to the highest of a skyscraper for a closing showdown. Julia Roberts with a rocket launcher? Violas Davis in a high-speed bike chase? Let’s make it occur, Hollywood.

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