Project Power (dir. Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman).
“Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in Netflix’s latest stylish action thriller set in New Orleans about a powerful new drug that unpredictably gives you temporary but uncontrollable...

Project Power (dir. Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman).

Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in Netflix’s latest stylish action thriller set in New Orleans about a powerful new drug that unpredictably gives you temporary but uncontrollable superpowers for exactly five minutes (think Limitless meets X-Men).

It’s a slickly-made, but somewhat generically scripted, entertainment ride with impressive visual effects that’s very much elevated by the dramatic chops of its skilled cast. However, the mechanics of the random pill-induced powers are hazily scripted or structured as little more than an excuse for a series of convenient deus ex machina story interventions.

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