Project Power
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 14, 2020
5.1
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Mixed or average reviews based on 159 Ratings
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4
lilkillpappyAug 15, 2020
GOOD: There's some good stuff going on in this film. There's a lot of creativity in the film making. The audio and visual aspects of the film feel fresh, clean and are highly entertaining. The acting and casting make a solid backbone, you getGOOD: There's some good stuff going on in this film. There's a lot of creativity in the film making. The audio and visual aspects of the film feel fresh, clean and are highly entertaining. The acting and casting make a solid backbone, you get the feeling that these people enjoyed working with each other and it shows in their chemistry. Essentially, everything that came after the pen and paper aspects of this film is well done.

BAD: Sadly, the paper that this film is based upon, the most important stuff like script and story are uninspired at best. The story is derivative and lacks scope and imagination. There isn't much story once the premise is setup. They invoke deus ex machina to create their happy ending. Some of the most important human connections in the film are paper thin, causing it to feel emotionally emaciated. Without hyperbole I can say that the vast majority of people watching this film could have come up with a more imaginative story. They would have been better off going with some epub fan fiction. I can go on and on, but it comes down to a severe deprivation of imagination, and going into a highly saturated genre, without imagination, new ideas, or story depth, well, that's just stupid.… Expand
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4
JoaoogbrielAug 15, 2020
The film's full potential is thrown away with a boring cliche story with poorly developed characters.
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5
kayrakaanonlineAug 16, 2020
It's the classic Netflix original movie. There is a big star, big explosions, ok story and ok characters. It's not bad, but not good either.
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4
theirrelephantsAug 18, 2020
As usual for netflix original films, this is complete garbage.

Unlike Bright, Jamie Foxx is unable to carry the film on his back all alone. He certainly tried, though. I hope he got paid enough to forget he ever participated in this trash.
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5
tropicAcesAug 14, 2020
Kinda fun, kinda topical, just never at the same time. Watch the director’s film “Nerve” instead
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6
DamigamermxusAug 14, 2020
Its a good movie but it can be better, story telling is more or less and the CGI is good
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5
TVJerryAug 16, 2020
"Power" is a new pill that gives superpowers to everyone who takes it …hitch is…you can't control which power. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the cop trying to stop its spread, when Jamie Foxx shows up with his own motives. They team up with a"Power" is a new pill that gives superpowers to everyone who takes it …hitch is…you can't control which power. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the cop trying to stop its spread, when Jamie Foxx shows up with his own motives. They team up with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) to rout out the culprits. While the plot and script is essentially trite, the most compelling element is seeing what powers will emerge. They're OK, but never especially cool and more often they serve to muddle up matters. Meanwhile, the fight scenes are confusingly staged, which sometimes makes the action hard to follow. While it's moderately entertaining, this film lacks enough originality or filmmaking skill to make this project powerful. On a side note, even though the location is regularly announced as New Orleans, there's little flavor of the city and nobody sports an accent.… Expand
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5
SwarleyStinsonAug 23, 2020
Good idea, terrible execution. You can tell in the first 20 mins this never goes anywhere interesting. There is no introduction to the characters or world, it just starts in the middle. It's like you had to watch the trailer as a prologue forGood idea, terrible execution. You can tell in the first 20 mins this never goes anywhere interesting. There is no introduction to the characters or world, it just starts in the middle. It's like you had to watch the trailer as a prologue for the actual movie. Any sense of a plot is non existent, it's just a sequence of unconnected action scenes with random super power people doing random crimes, and supercop running after them.… Expand
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6
marcmyworksNov 20, 2020
Project Power boasts great acting and a cool premise but at times the film comes across quite amateurish and has a mediocre script. Enjoyable for if your into mindless action.
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5
Voodoo123Aug 17, 2020
While interesting enough to not be unwatchable, in such an over saturated genre, Project powers plot attempts a lot and fails often... the same can be said for the numerous action sequences and the film in general. Overall I came away fromWhile interesting enough to not be unwatchable, in such an over saturated genre, Project powers plot attempts a lot and fails often... the same can be said for the numerous action sequences and the film in general. Overall I came away from this movie wanting something more grounded... more condensed. The watered down tv quality direction and editing rush along at such a pace, it feels like we cant stay in one shot for too long lest we see through the cracks.... (sadly I think seeing through the cracks would be a more interesting journey!)

The over saturated visual effects scenes just go to show that sometimes too much cheddar really is too much with a lack of subtlety and nuance to the powers and character pieces that could have made for far more interesting visual storytelling. File this under 'missed opportunity'.… Expand
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6
QuelhasAug 28, 2020
The movie has a plot with great potential, which gives us great expectations too, but as it goes, it gets desapointing.
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5
NobodyYouKnowAug 16, 2020
tl;dr: If you liked Netflix's Bright, you'll like this. 90% style, 10% substance (and sub-par in both categories). If you want an interesting narrative with fleshed out characters who elicit emotional responses, look elsewhere.

With Foxxtl;dr: If you liked Netflix's Bright, you'll like this. 90% style, 10% substance (and sub-par in both categories). If you want an interesting narrative with fleshed out characters who elicit emotional responses, look elsewhere.

With Foxx (Art) and Levitt (Frank) involved, this film had me expecting much more -- can't help but think they signed up strictly for the money because the script is banal. I was hopeful at the start because it seemed as if Foxx really might play "the bad guy", but you quickly learn that's not the case. That said, Foxx does what he can with the hackneyed script. Levitt seems miscast -- felt like he phoned it in. The actress who plays Robin (Dominique Fishback) was just painfully amateurish.

The biggest problem was that we were supposed to feel something for Robin and her ill mother, and we *should* have felt something for Art and his daughter, but the film fails miserably at getting the viewer invested in their lives and emotions.

This felt like a B(minus)-movie with a couple of A-list leads. It gets an extra point or two for (self-conscious) style -- the scene with the frozen woman was fun -- but serves as little more than distraction.… Expand
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5
Dragonfly44Oct 23, 2020
Besides one cool scene halfway through, this movie is just dumb and mediocre. 51/100
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4
LaurentVAug 24, 2020
I would bet a big pile of cash money on a scenario where this was a script sitting in a drawer. The plot revolved around a new designer drug upsetting the seamy underworld of New Orleans, but it was so cliche and overdone that it was left inI would bet a big pile of cash money on a scenario where this was a script sitting in a drawer. The plot revolved around a new designer drug upsetting the seamy underworld of New Orleans, but it was so cliche and overdone that it was left in that drawer. AND THEN, one day, someone saw "Limitless". Then they looked at the money the big superhero movies are making. They sent forth the command "Make that designer drug into a superpower pill".

And that's why "Project Power" is a lone wolf cop and a distraught father taking on drug cartel movie you've seen a hundred times before. The filmmakers had a mediocre budget and, worse, a low watt imagination in offering the superpowers. The superpower angle is nothing but, to use the old saying, putting "lipstick on a pig". I won't say it is a bad movie. It's just a dull movie that is only recommended because of the pandemic and pickings are getting slim.… Expand
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5
JLuis_001Sep 11, 2020
I think this is the first big Netflix film that doesn't feel like an attempt to satisfy the most ''serious'' viewers but it also doesn't feel like a film discarded by a large studio that Netflix knows will satisfy its less capriciousI think this is the first big Netflix film that doesn't feel like an attempt to satisfy the most ''serious'' viewers but it also doesn't feel like a film discarded by a large studio that Netflix knows will satisfy its less capricious viewers.

Project Power is entertaining, yes, even though its non-innovative plot felt muddled, but manages to do enough to function with what it has.
I say this because it works on a level that doesn't seek to try something more interesting.
This could've been more ambitious in terms of scale but the obvious lack of imagination entombed it on a very basic level.
I mean the final battle occurs on a freighter. People with superpowers and that final act felt like Die Hard 6.

It certainly relies on having Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as protagonists to attract more attention but Project Power stays halfway through.

It's not a failure, I don't see it that way, but it's a common film. Although as a Netflix-exclusive, this is an above-average offering.… Expand
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5
lifelover90Aug 18, 2020
When I read the movie description I got intrigued since the premise is not a typical 'action superhero gonna save the world from otherworldly beings' but something else. Instead, the plot asks an important question - what would happen if weWhen I read the movie description I got intrigued since the premise is not a typical 'action superhero gonna save the world from otherworldly beings' but something else. Instead, the plot asks an important question - what would happen if we all got our hands on a chemical that can transform our capabilities beyond recognition? Does it mean we doom ourselves to extinction? Does it mean chaos will multiply to an unimaginable degree or we could evolve towards a united, caring and contributing whole - as humanity.

This got me thinking and I was hoping very much that the movie would address it in a fine blend between dynamic sci-fi action spiced with philosophical attributes, however I came to realize that beyond the fine visual effects and actors' play, the movie felt more than half empty. I found that the character development is flawed. Throughout the entire movie I never really grew to caring for any of the characters. By the end I felt bored of it yet I watched it all the way out of respect for the overall work and production.

At the end of the day I wouldn't recommend it.… Expand
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4
MahmusSep 25, 2020
It wastes a great premise in a generic thriller plot.

The first act's really good (mostly 'cause the powers actually play a role), but gets dull in the second act (because you could remove the super powers and not much would change). TheIt wastes a great premise in a generic thriller plot.

The first act's really good (mostly 'cause the powers actually play a role), but gets dull in the second act (because you could remove the super powers and not much would change). The third act's also dull, but at least the powers play a role again.

I don't believe the relationship between any of the characters. I don't hate it, I just don't buy it. The three main actors give solid performances and are fun to watch (I particularly enjoyed Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a towel as an angry husband. Jamie Foxx kinda phones it in). The villains suck though.

I thought Machine Gun Kelly was going to be the most distracting thing about this movie, but then Casey Neistat showed up. At least his appearance in Nerve made sense since it all about vlogging or something, I don't know I never saw it.

Enjoyable at times, but pretty mediocre overall.… Expand
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6
AWESOM-0Aug 16, 2020
Not a terrible movie and the cast was great. It’s really more of a 6.5 for me but I can round up in this case.
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5
Movie_GuruAug 16, 2020
It is just a drug addicted version of x men....
Illogical story with perfect presentation.. character development is zero...
Nice CGI effects.
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4
CyberNickAug 17, 2020
Nice production with quality and good cast, but a flat story that in some points make no sense, No memorable villians, and no protagonist chemestry
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5
mxfredmanAug 17, 2020
This movie is **** from the first minute! Just as the old guard it's cringe, netflix can't make a good action movie
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4
Jac0321Aug 22, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The whole movie is cringe. Terrible character development. Terrible plot. Terrible acting (besides JGL and Fishback). Terrible waste of $85 mill budget. Lots of unanswered questions. The only thing that saved this movie was the CGI.… Expand
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4
OrionphoenixSep 14, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fine for an action movie. Powers were never really explained properly, just that their based on animals, and the story was hardly there to be honest.
Action scenes were alright, and acting was pretty good. But the twist with the dudes daughter being able to heal people for whatever reason doesn't make sense, and was just a lame excuse for a sacrifice that makes you sad and then nope, undone! Not that you'd feel sad for guy dying because he's a dick who murders for fun, but just kidding good guy. Can't really recommend this movie.… Expand
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6
geewahDec 26, 2020
A plot that has great potential but ultimately falls short. Foxx's performance is the best thing about this movie.
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4
gabrieldsanchezSep 11, 2022
Too cartoonish. I can’t think of other criticism to make other than that: the movie feels too cartoonish. Maybe some 10 years ago, I could have enjoyed it, but, now, I think I'm too old for this.

The actors are good. Although Jamie Foxx isToo cartoonish. I can’t think of other criticism to make other than that: the movie feels too cartoonish. Maybe some 10 years ago, I could have enjoyed it, but, now, I think I'm too old for this.

The actors are good. Although Jamie Foxx is questionable, he is doing an OK job in this movie. Joseph is what you expect.

The plot is comic-books all the way: a drug, Power, makes people have superpowers for 15 minutes; oh!, it also hooks you into it. The drug is also unstable: sometimes you get powers, sometimes you just get killed. The pow-ers also hurt you, most of the time. However, the real premise is that Art is looking for his daughter, and the police, including Frank, is looking for Art.

The CGI is kinda bad considering that this movie is from 2020. We have seen better.

Project Power feels like a no-brainer of a movie. One that you watch without putting much thought into it. With too many ex-Machina to take in, watch this movie only if your kids want some adult stuff to watch.… Expand
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