New Netflix film overloaded with criticism: ‘This is why the word ‘mediocre’ was invented’ – Paudal

With names like Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, Netflix potentially has gold or at least silver in its hands Back in Action (2025). Yet the new action comedy does not live up to those expectations. The film is overloaded with negative reactions.

‘Forgettable action’

The film scores a miserable 24% on Rotten Tomatoes and critics are harsh. “For films like Back in Action the word ‘mediocre’ was invented,” says The Wrap. “It’s full of fake performances and forgettable action,” says the TV Guide reviewer. In short, this seems like a Netflix movie that you can skip.

For films like Back in Action the word ‘mediocre’ was invented. Because it’s not that this movie is bad, it’s not interesting or ambitious enough to be bad. It just ‘is’.

Most people will probably click on this movie for Foxx & Diaz, and they do the best they can with what they’re given, but the boring, exposition-heavy script never gives them a chance to flex their dramatic muscles, nor do they rarely get the chance to be really funny.

The generic nature of the writing style makes the viewing experience flatter. The violence is too glossy and the laughs too limited in this spy game that resembles many other secret agent adventures.

It’s full of fake performances and forgettable action, stringing together a formulaic plot with lame jokes about parenthood and generation gaps.

6.0

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