Craig Robinson, from left, Kate Hudson, director Ana Lily Amirpour with her dog Benny and Ed Skrein pose for photographers at the premiere of Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon during the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in 2021. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) Kate Hudson’s career comeback continues in 3rd feature from Ana Lily Amirpour GREGG SHAPIRO | Screen SavorGreggShapiro@aol.com In Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Saban Films), which can be best described as Stranger Things meets Hustlers, Kate Hudson continues her career comeback of 2022.
The third full-length feature from writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) is an unexpected showcase for Hudson, as well as her fellow castmates.
Set in New Orleans, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon opens while Mona Lisa Lee (Jeon Jong-seo) is a straitjacketed patient in a padded cell in an Advanced Security Unit.
After turning the tables on an abusive nurse and using mind control to cause the nurse to stab herself multiple times with a pedicure tool, Mona Lisa escapes the facility.