You have to wonder why, after so many movies in which it goes very wrong for baddies, villains keep trying to threaten highly skilled operatives via their children. The latest character activating their particular set of skills to protect their spawn is Jennifer Lopez's hero in The Mother, which has a trailer online…
Yes, following on from her more comedic action thrills in Shotgun Wedding, this is J-Lo going full Taken as a deadly assassin who returns to rescue the daughter she loved from afar after years of hiding out in the Alaskan wilderness aiming to keep them both safe.
Suffice to say, it doesn't go well for those who try to kidnap and endanger her child.
With Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci and Gael García Bernal also in the cast, this comes from director Niki Caro and will hit Netflix on 12 May.