Two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali and Marvel Cinematic Universe veteran Giancarlo Esposito reunite in Amazon MGM Studios’ new action thriller. The Blade-like movie hits theaters nationwide today, Friday, September 25, 2026.
Written and directed by Bassam Tariq, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother earned strong reviews following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The movie follows Latif (Ali), a deeply religious contract killer who follows a strict personal code. He refuses to use guns and instead relies on bladed weapons to eliminate people he considers dangerous.
Latif’s life changes after his wife suddenly dies, leaving him to care for their children, including his infant daughter, who refuses formula. Desperate to feed her, he travels across Houston in search of breast milk. His urgent mission soon pulls him into a violent conflict with an extremist religious cult led by a character played by John Cho.
Esposito plays a prominent community imam who challenges Latif as he struggles to reconcile his faith with his violent profession. The cast also includes Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, and Adia, who plays Latif’s grieving teenage daughter.
How a stalled Blade reboot led Mahershala Ali to Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
The movie has a direct connection to Mahershala Ali’s long association with Marvel’s Blade. Bassam Tariq was hired in 2021 to direct the planned reboot, with Ali attached to play the titular vampire hunter. After multiple creative changes, script revisions, and production delays, Tariq exited the project shortly before filming was expected to begin.
Ali eventually moved on from Blade, but his collaboration with Tariq continued. During his preparation for the Marvel film, Ali spent months training in martial arts and with bladed weapons. Those skills later became central to Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.
The film also draws from a personal experience involving Tariq and a medical scare concerning his newborn child. Its unusual title comes from an Islamic hadith emphasizing the importance of honoring one’s mother.
Rather than becoming another superhero movie, the project allowed Ali and Tariq to use their Blade preparations to craft a grounded story about grief, faith, parenthood, and redemption.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.
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