Review of Project Power (2020) by Jluis_001 — 11 Sep 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 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.