‘Trigger Warning’ Review: Jessica Alba Has the Moves but Netflix Action Thriller Is Strictly Routine

A former Special Forces commando runs into trouble when she returns to her hometown in Mouly Surya's female-driven star vehicle.

’s new starring vehicle boasts plenty of action movie credentials. The star, making her first feature film appearance in five years after guiding her business venture The Honest Company to a billion dollar-plus valuation, has previously displayed her skills in such film and television projects as'America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' Review: Netflix's 'Cheer' Team Struggles To Dig Deep).

If this weren’t an action film, Parker would be allowed to grieve for her father, accept her friends’ condolences and presumably return to active duty. No such luck. She comes to suspect that the death was no accident, suicide, or, as her former boyfriend-turned sheriff Jesse , a corrupt senator — of a conservative bent, natch — and Jesse’s volatile brother Elvis .

The by-the-numbers storyline unfolds exactly as you’d expect, despite the trio of screenwriters’ attempts to lend some quirkiness to the proceedings with such moments as the senator telling Parker that his great-grandfather was Native American. “It’s where I get my lactose intolerance from,” he snidely points out.

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