PROJECT POWER is a new Netflix movie that sees a drug dealing teenager, a cop, and an ex-soldier teaming up as a pill that grants an individual superpowers for five minutes has made its rounds on the streets and the ex-soldier must find his daughter and discover a connection to her and the creation of the drug.
Project Power has a surprisingly good amount of character development that I wasn't expecting. Along with this comes some heartfelt and emotional moments that land somewhat of a punch since these characters are mostly fleshed out. The performances of Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback, and JGL (absolutely NOT Machine Gun Kelly though) are great and they are committed. It's also nice to see JGL back in a movie again.
The idea for this movie is also a cool one and for the first fifteen or so minutes I was hooked and wanted to know more about this drug and what kind of world this movie could setup.
Unfortunately though, the movie has a murky and muddled script that leads to a generic, bland, and disinteresting story, which leads me to say that this world-building with this drug is wasted potential. This is just an idea, and nothing beyond that. the plot is as thin as a piece of Swiss cheese, done to death a million times before.
I'll say you'll enjoy PROJECT POWER only with half a bucket of buttery popcorn (2.5/5)
Project Power has a surprisingly good amount of character development that I wasn't expecting. Along with this comes some heartfelt and emotional moments that land somewhat of a punch since these characters are mostly fleshed out. The performances of Jamie Foxx, Dominique Fishback, and JGL (absolutely NOT Machine Gun Kelly though) are great and they are committed. It's also nice to see JGL back in a movie again.
The idea for this movie is also a cool one and for the first fifteen or so minutes I was hooked and wanted to know more about this drug and what kind of world this movie could setup.
Unfortunately though, the movie has a murky and muddled script that leads to a generic, bland, and disinteresting story, which leads me to say that this world-building with this drug is wasted potential. This is just an idea, and nothing beyond that. the plot is as thin as a piece of Swiss cheese, done to death a million times before.
I'll say you'll enjoy PROJECT POWER only with half a bucket of buttery popcorn (2.5/5)