Mahershala Ali’s Muslim Hitman Thriller Opens in U.S. Theaters September 25
Bassam Tariq’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother premiered at TIFF before its confirmed U.S. release through Amazon MGM Studios.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, the Bassam Tariq action thriller starring Mahershala Ali, will open in U.S. theaters on September 25, according to Screen Daily. The film premiered as a Toronto International Film Festival Special Presentation and is being handled internationally by Amazon MGM Studios, correcting earlier reports that treated it only as a festival title with no established release plan.
Ali plays Latif, a devout Muslim contract killer whose wife dies suddenly, leaving him responsible for three children. The immediate crisis is practical rather than geopolitical: his infant daughter needs breast milk, and Latif’s search for it pulls him into a widening conflict involving his former employer and a far-right religious leader named Hwan Yoon, played by John Cho.
The title’s action premise is deliberately paired with domestic pressure. Latif cooks, cleans, homeschools his children and tries to conceal his profession while navigating grief and religious doubt. Tariq, whose 2020 feature Mogul Mowgli starred Riz Ahmed, uses the thriller framework to make fatherhood, faith and moral responsibility part of the action rather than background decoration.
The film reunites Tariq and Ali after their failed attempt to make Marvel’s Blade. That history is useful context, but it is not the film’s only selling point. The finished movie is a 112-minute American action drama with cinematography by Katelin Arizmendi, production design by Akin McKenzie, editing by Cam McLauchlin and original music by Son Lux. The cast also includes Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali and Adia.
Festival materials list the film’s next confirmed engagement at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 3. The U.S. theatrical date gives audiences a clear path beyond the Toronto conversation, while the film’s premise places a Black Muslim father at the center of an original action movie rather than a franchise sequel. The central question is not whether Latif can defeat his enemies; it is whether he can become accountable to the family his old life left exposed.