Project Power
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
20
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAug 13, 2020
For all the patently corny bits and some 17 attempts at an ending, Power still somehow makes it easy to suspend your disbelief and your imaginary degree in biochemistry, and just let it ride. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeAug 13, 2020
It mostly succeeds on old-fashioned smack-’em-up and sure personal chemistry. Read full review
75
The Associated PressMark KennedyAug 13, 2020
Project Power nicely mixes elements of sci-fi and crime thriller to create a cool trip with a wink, set against a soundtrack that includes 2 Chainz, Nipsey Hussle and Curtis Mayfield. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 13, 2020
A vibrant and crazy and thought-provoking and immensely entertaining film that could have been even more resonant had it not settled for a relatively conventional final act we’ve seen in dozens of thrillers. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiAug 13, 2020
There is enough detail and psychological nuance in Mattson Tomlin’s clever script to make Project Power more intriguing than most of what Marvel and DC have to offer, even if it could barely match their catering budgets. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondAug 13, 2020
An imaginative, garish, occasionally corny and generally entertaining riff on the superhero genre. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAug 13, 2020
What makes Project Power entertaining is its canny combination of familiar ingredients in a textured real-world milieu that gives it fresh flavor. Well, that and the dynamic execution of co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and their crack stunt and VFX teams. Read full review
67
Vanity FairRichard LawsonAug 13, 2020
Project Power has a nicely saturated, jittery visual language, an aesthetic that operates in concert with Tomlin’s surprisingly discursive script, giving the film an actual grain of place-and-time texture. Project Power often has a pleasing specificity to it, even when it’s thrashing around in violent special-effects hullabaloo. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonAug 13, 2020
Project Power is a hard-R action flick with a neat premise, inventively handled, and a winsome cast to coast us through the creakier bits of the screenplay. More crucially, it’s also got a sense of humor about itself. Read full review
65
PolygonKaren HanAug 18, 2020
Project Power’s burst of color comes from its central conceit and Joost and Schulman’s sense of style. It’s bright and attractive, but it fizzles out quickly. Tomlin’s idea is innovative, but the story he tells with it is tired. Read full review
65
CNNBrian LowryAug 14, 2020
The undercooked plot works just well enough to fuel this vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, mashing up old movies in a fast-paced package. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 18, 2020
Underwritten yet nevertheless enjoyable. Read full review
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