Project Power movie review by Movie Review Mom

MOVIE TITLE: POWER PROJECT CURRENTLY ON NETFLIX and some theaters NATIONWIDE!

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour, 51 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: B-

IN A NUTSHELL:

This is the third movie collaboration between Machine Gun Kelly and directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. The power in this project is the two power-house actors Jamie Fox and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, plus a surprising young starlet, Dominique Fishback.

I’ve read some reviews that think this movie is terrible, but I disagree. It’s definitely not perfect, but it serves as an entertaining distraction and something new to watch on Netflix during this pandemic when we’ve all seen just about everything on streaming already.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

Drug and dealers
A LOT of violence
Some texting young kids wouldn’t be able to read fast enough. But seriously, your kids shouldn’t watch this anyway.
Several brutal deaths with blood. High body count
Some profanity, although an “F-bomb” is cut before finishing a few times.

THEMES:

Power
“You gotta do what you do best and rock that.” – Art (Jamie Foxx)
Family
Everyone is unique with their own special powers.

THINGS I LIKED:

The premise of the movie is super cool. Would you take a pill if it gave you superpowers for 5 minutes? Well, the tiny detail is that it MIGHT give you superpowers or it might kill you.
Good special effects as people get instant powers. I loved the “glowiness” of the pill.
I expected nothing but excellent performances from Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I adore both of them and wasn’t disappointed. What surprised me was Dominique Fishback’s performance. Some movie critics thought she was annoying, but I thought she did a great job.
There are a few funny scenes that caught me off guard because I was expecting pure drama and action.
Cool (pun intended) action sequence filmed from behind icy glass.
Lots of action.
A timely scene about race and the police.
The pace is very fast, which keeps things moving.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

Some viewers who dislike the movie mention the nonsensical plotlines. There are holes, for sure, but the story does make sense.
The action scenes aren’t anything we haven’t seen before. They go on for a while, so you begin to feel a bit numb to it.
Educators will be shocked by a teacher’s approach in the classroom.
Parents will be shocked by a message that seems to tell kids to drop out of school and become a rapper.
The movie Limitless explores some of the same things but was soooo much better. Even the TV version of the movie was better than this.
It takes a LONG time to explain how things are related.
Some of the CGI isn’t that great.

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