Halle Berry has been toying with reviving her career as an action star following the success of 2019 flick John Wick: Parabellum in which she costarred with Keanu Reaves.
Berry, a long time client of William Morris Endeavor aka UFC’s corporate owners centered her directorial debut around the life of a fictional has been MMA fighter Jackie Justice.
The movie finally received a premiere date – November 19th on Netflix. MMA community was mildly amused with the notion of this feature and had some not so kind words for the trailer:
“On September 11, 2018, Halle Berry (55) took over directing Bruised, making it her directorial debut, and replaced Lively as the main character in the film.”
This new MMA film looks fucking hilarious
— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) October 14, 2021
“Disgraced mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Jackie Justice has to face one of the rising stars of the MMA world and deal with the return of her 6-year-old son to the mother he deserves.”
— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) October 14, 2021
Would honestly be better if she was trying to win back custody of her adult son
— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) October 14, 2021
Maybe The dude who name searches Halle Berry shouldn’t be weighing in on who is and isn’t delusional tho
— Jack Slack (@JackSlackMMA) October 15, 2021
Notably 55 year old Berry should likely not be starring in her own directorial debut. To boot the average age of a female MMA fighter is much lower. Like, 20 years lower. And notably MMA fighters don’t age well – just ask Nick Diaz. So the notion that a one time star – who is now scrubbing toilets – can make a respectable come back to a sport that appears to have chewed her up and spit her out in her prime is rather laughable.