Back in action, the review of the film with Cameron Diaz

Back in actionin every sense. The Netflix movies is the new action comedy of the month of January directed by Seth Gordon and ready to conquer the widest audience. One of those casual products made specifically to intrigue subscribers to the platform and win them over to spend an evening lying on the sofa with a big bowl of popcorn next to them. AND “back in action», then, also for Cameron Diaz who returns to acting after eleven years of stopping, with 2014 in which she was in the cast of three films: All against him – The Other Woman, Sex Tape – Ended up online And Annie – Happiness is contagious.

And it is right alongside Jamie Foxx that the actress starts again without making concessions to anyone, with whom she had already shared the set of the musical work directed by Will Gluck and even before that of Any Given Sunday by Oliver Stone in 1999. The two protagonists, this time, are former spies who left their jobs some time ago and decided to dedicate themselves to their family.

Give her Charlie’s Angels to Back in Action

It must be said that the interpreter could not have chosen a more suitable tone and character to return to film productions. In Back in action, Cameron Diaz rekindles the spark that has always distinguished her when it comes to approaching the genre of comedyalso taking on the role of a secret agent after having been one of the spies par excellence. In 2000 and 2003 Natalie Cook was in fact one of the protagonists of the two films dedicated to the trio of Charlie’s Angels directed by McG. But, although the years pass and throwing kicks and punches may no longer be as easy as it once was, the actress manages to immerse herself nonchalantly in her return to the scene with the Netflix film, where one of the most successful elements is precisely the tuning that he is able to establish with his friend and colleague Jamie Foxx.

In the roles of Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx), the interpreters try to protect their children in every way from a threat that returns from the past. An old showdown that will blow their cover and involve them in a new and dangerous mission, in which they will discover that they are still very good at their job, while trying to save their family. Breakneck racing, hand-to-hand combat, water chases and multiple explosions: nothing is spared Back in ActionOn the contrary. It really seems that the director wanted to push his hand on that «action».

A film with a high rate of action

Although they are not the most refined, the action sequences have a strong spectacular impact, with the film reserving a varied amount of adrenaline-filled scenes ranging from the involvement of cars, trucks and helicopters, up to the choreography of the physical clashes to which the characters are subjected. A excess which also serves to cover a thin script and not very brilliant, but at least it contributes to entertainment that is expected from such a title.

However, there is a certain complicity between the various actors, which contributes to making the vision effective and serene. Regardless of the protagonists Diaz and Foxx, mention should be made of the unlikely mother-spy with whom Emily has unresolved issues played by a rampant Glenn Close and the unexpected agent of Andrew Scott who, abandoning the serious clothes of Ripleyis funny precisely because we see him far from the fame of a committed actor that precedes him, even more so when he tries to follow Cameron Diaz’s character. A simple film – investment in action scenes aside – for a cooked and eaten product. And of which, if Netflix users appreciate it, a sequel can be expected.