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- Still, in a summer of no blockbusters, Project Power is a flashy — if ironically underpowered — diversion. Project Power has considerable style yet a disappointing lack of substance — but an attention-grabbing performance from Dominique Fishback and an intriguing twist on superpowers give it just enough juice.
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Aug 14, 2020 · Every time that “Project Power” threatens to become something more engaging and interesting, it pulls back from that edge. There’s something driven in Foxx’s performance that belongs in a better movie—he does a lot here with very little—and there’s an energy to Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman ’s direction that teeters back and ...
Aug 14, 2020 · Project Power offers a pharmaceutical twist on the superhero genre and stars Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback, whom critics say steals the movie away from the bigger...
Aug 14, 2020 · Project Power. From the genetic mutation of the X-Men, to the radioactive spider-bite of Spider-Man, to the cosmic blast absorbed by the Fantastic Four, the moment superheroes receive their...
Sep 23, 2024 · 2020’s Project Power Was A Surprisingly Good Original Superhero Movie. It Broke The Generic Standards For Straight-To-Streaming Superhero Projects. With a 61% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a majority of critics believe that Netflix had something special with Project Power.
- Jeremy Garrett
- This Netflix movie tries and fails to reconceive the superhero narrative.
- Netflix Spotlight: August 2020
- Verdict
By Robert Daniels
Updated: Oct 23, 2020 5:51 pm
Posted: Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am
Project Power debuts exclusively on Netflix on August 14.
Filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who first rose to prominence as the directors of Catfish, and later established themselves in the Paranormal Activity franchise, have entered into the domain of superheroes. On its face, their action flick Project Power reads as an intriguing reinvention. The concept: People are now capable of gaining superhuman ability through a magic pill called Power. A roulette wheel, before taking the pill, they don’t know what ability they’ll receive: invisibility, thermodynamics, stretch, or even invulnerability. However, stipulations and dangers do exist: Their power only lasts for five minutes and in some cases, if someone overdoses, their body explodes. Sounds reasonable.
These drugs are supplied by showy governmental and medical forces, and are sold by dealers like Newt (Machine Gun Kelly, who has little to chew on) and Robin (Dominique Fishback). The latter often sells to Frank (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a New Orleans detective ingesting the pills in a bid to level the playing field against the rising breed of superhuman criminals. They’re joined by The Major (Jamie Foxx), an ex-military specialist in search of his daughter (Kyanna Simone Simpson), after her abduction by a government trying to harness her natural superhuman abilities.
The distrust felt by Black and Brown people toward the medical community continues to this day, especially with regards to Black people disbelieving the medical community with regards to the Covid-19 pandemic. When combined with a New Orleans still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, and the racial inequality instituted by the federal government during the crisis, the socio-economic importance should’ve granted a stronger pull. However, Project Power buries the relevant themes under the weight of action muscle.
Project Power’s lone bright spot is the dynamic between Foxx and Fishback. The pair develop a surrogate father-daughter relationship grown by way of an antagonistic double act. Foxx gives even the dorkiest line a sense of purpose while Fishback imbues the stylistic action flick with a semblance of emotional substance. The subplot involving Robin’s diabetic mother - though it’s odd that a veterinarian doesn’t have health insurance - is sweet on the surface, but fades below the monotonous action. While her dreams of becoming a rapper aim for legitimacy, the storyline rarely rises above needless fluff. Fishback evoking any of these odd tangents into any emotional believability is staggering. Especially given the cheeseball ending.
Netflix's Project Power misses the potentiality of its relevant themes and intriguing concept for an overwrought reconception of the superhero narrative. Directors Joost and Schulman have come a long way after their debut film, Catfish, but Project Power shows their ongoing learning curve. Fishback, Foxx, and Gordon-Levitt persevere through a thin script, delivering tiny fractions of resonance to a superhero concept left at the surface. The pacing drags through action set-pieces left obscured by messy compositions and limp, over-stylized visual choices. New Orleans, as the film’s setting, is wasted while the film’s gritty concept fails to deliver the desired intensity.
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- Robert Daniels
Aug 14, 2020 · Dominique Fishback breaks out in Netflix's 'Project Power' as a super-drug-dealing teen who dreams of becoming a rapper, alongside Jamie Foxx
Aug 13, 2020 · Midway through “Project Power,” a shiny, noisy, more-or-less tolerable blowout from Netflix, the rugged-yet-caring hero gives the tough-yet-sensitive youngster a quick talking to.
