Back in Action | Review by: Benjamin Garrett
Netflix kicked off its 2024 streaming lineup last January with Lift - a soulless Mission: Impossible wannabe that ended up being the platform’s worst movie of the entire year. Here we are, a year later with their newest original, Back in Action. While certainly a cut above Lift, this also marks a rough start to their annual release calendar. This action comedy stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, who play retired spies living in suburbia with their family. When a former colleague appears on their doorstep with a warning, they must uproot their lives and leave the country to try and clear their names. We’ve seen this cookie-cutter framework countless times before, but it’s a formula that makes for easily digestible viewing. I didn’t hate my time spent with this movie, even with all its glaring flaws (there are so, so many). Netflix has this algorithm down to a science, because despite a track record of lacklustre quality with projects like this, it’ll bring in the viewership they wa...
