Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster
The Verge
•2026-09-13T09:00:00-04:00
📰 What Happened
A Verge critic reviewed five films in one day at the Toronto International Film Festival. The main one is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, out in US cinemas in October.
Mahershala Ali plays Latif, a devout Muslim father who works as a hitman with a strict code: only kill bad people, and never use a gun. When his wife dies, he must raise three children alone while his past catches up with him.
The writer says it is a character study rather than non-stop action. John Cho plays the villain, a church group leader.
🔍 The Backstory
Mahershala Ali and director Bassam Tariq were once attached to Marvel's Blade reboot. That project fell apart, and the Verge writer calls the collapse one of Marvel's biggest mistakes.
Instead, the pair made this film, which the writer says is far more interesting than a superhero movie would have been.
The same day he also saw In Alaska, The Face of Horror, Babies and Drifter. Babies stars Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen as a couple facing pressure to have children. Drifter was his least favourite.
🎯 Why It Matters
Film festivals are where unusual movies get noticed. What critics praise at Toronto often decides which films reach cinemas near you.
A Verge critic reviewed five films in one day at the Toronto International Film Festival. The main one is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, out in US cinemas in October.
Mahershala Ali plays Latif, a devout Muslim father who works as a hitman with a strict code: only kill bad people, and never use a gun. When his wife dies, he must raise three children alone while his past catches up with him.
The writer says it is a character study rather than non-stop action. John Cho plays the villain, a church group leader.
Mahershala Ali and director Bassam Tariq were once attached to Marvel's Blade reboot. That project fell apart, and the Verge writer calls the collapse one of Marvel's biggest mistakes.
Instead, the pair made this film, which the writer says is far more interesting than a superhero movie would have been.
The same day he also saw In Alaska, The Face of Horror, Babies and Drifter. Babies stars Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen as a couple facing pressure to have children. Drifter was his least favourite.
Film festivals are where unusual movies get noticed. What critics praise at Toronto often decides which films reach cinemas near you.