Power Project

— It sounds like a good idea. A $500 pill available from your local pusher that’ll turn you into a superhero for 5 minutes, but every reaction’s slightly different and death is always a possibility. Think of the scripting potential—one-on-one revenge, political leverage, adjusting the gene pool, toppling a government… Add Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levit to the mix and it ought to be a hit. Maybe it is, at least on Netflix, but there’s something a little off as if someone didn’t fully understand the genre. I can’t put my finger on it because there are the obligatory plot twists, emotive acting, lifting of ideas from other films, and more than enough explosions, flashes, and quick cuts, but it just seems like it should have been more. Still decent entertainment and better than many of the 2nd tier films Netflix acquires to pad their catalog. [Netflix streaming.]

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[2020. 113 min. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levit, Dominique Fishback, and Rodrigo Santoro.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/project-power-movie-review-2020