[4] It is a loose remake of Charles Kaufman's Mother's Day[5] and was written by Scott Milam and produced by Brett Ratner.

[6] The film stars Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Patrick Flueger, Deborah Ann Woll, Matt O'Leary, Jessie Rusu and Shawn Ashmore.

Beth Sohapi is having a birthday party for her husband, Daniel Sohapi with the help of their friends, married couple Treshawn and Gina Jackson; Dave Lowe and his fiancee, Annette Langston; George Barnum and his girlfriend, Melissa McGuire; and Daniel's co worker, and friend, Julie Ross.

After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers, eldest and leader Ike, irrational and irresponsible Addley and Johnny, who has been badly injured, are on the run from the law.

Daniel and Beth, hearing noise upstairs, leave the basement party only to find the brothers holding them hostage within their home at gunpoint.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, Mother arranges help to sneak over the border into Canada, however it will cost ten thousand dollars.

She further becomes suspicious after Lydia discovers a Valentine's card from Daniel to Julie, as well as photographs and newspaper articles of a child killed in a car accident.

Ike and Beth dispose of Melissa's body behind a dumpster, where she is soon found to be alive by two sanitation workers who rush her to a hospital.

The pair travel to Treshawn's laundromat business to take money out of the safe, where Beth attempts to escape but fails, while later encountering the same police officer who Ike then kills.

Johnny, now in critical condition, has to be resuscitated by Lydia and George when he goes into cardiac arrest, telling his mother he doesn't want to die a virgin.

Mother then attempts to find her money by burning the photographs of the boy, revealed to be Daniel and Beth's deceased son.

Mother then sets Julie's hair on fire, but extinguishes it when she realizes Daniel is telling the truth about the money.

Mother discovers Addley's body and phones Ike, before forcing Beth to listen to her shoot Daniel.

Inside the RV, Johnny, hoping to please his mother and older brother, shoots George in spite of Lydia's pleas to let him live.

However, Beth wakes up and overpowers Mother, hitting her with a wooden chopping board, before escaping the house along with Gina, who has survived her injuries.

[11] The special effects were created by make-up FX artist Francois Dagenais, who formerly worked with Darren Lynn Bousman on the Saw franchise.

Mother's Day features both an original score and nine songs that play in the film, primarily at the housewarming birthday party for Daniel.

[20] In 2012, the film was released in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles in selected theaters on May 4, with DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on May 8.