"Back in Action" is Cameron Diaz's first film role in over a decade. She should have made a better choice for a comeback. The film, directed by Seth Gordon, is capital-F "Fine" at best and mediocre background watching at worst.
Netflix has released a new original movie that has immediately rocketed to #1 on the service, but is Back in Action with Cameron Diaz worth watching?
“Back in Action” follows two former CIA spies whose secret identities are exposed, forcing them out of retirement to confront their past. The film features an ensemble cast, including Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler and Andrew Scott. Directed by Seth Gordon, known for “Horrible Bosses,” the film combines action and comedy in a high-stakes storyline.
That was ultimately stuff that’s not in the movie,” Gordon told Decider, when asked about the reports of a double replacing Foxx.
Cameron Diaz lit up the red carpet in Berlin on Wednesday, marking her first major appearance in five years at the premiere of her highly anticipated Netflix film, "Back in Action." The event celebrated not only her return to acting after stepping away in 2018 but also a joyous reunion with longtime collaborator Jamie Foxx.
“Back in Action” is Diaz’s first film since 2014’s “Annie,” which she also starred in alongside Foxx. The Oscar-winner and the “Charlie’s Angels” alum first worked together in Oliver Stone’s 1999 sports drama “Any Given Sunday.”
C ameron Diaz 's comeback movie Back in Action is finally on Netflix after its release was pushed back from last November. Diaz, who returns to the screen 11 years after appearing in 2014's Annie, stars opposite Jamie Foxx in this action comedy from director and co-writer Seth Gordon.
As “Back in Action” goes through its paces, you’ll find echoes of such films as the Bob Odenkirk-starring “Nobody” and the Mark Wahlberg vehicle “The Family Plan,” as well as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and even a little of “Knight and Day,” which starred Diaz and that Tom Cruise fella.
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