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On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don't know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop the group responsible for creating it.
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Netflix
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What would you risk for 5 minutes of pure power?
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Trivia
Dominique Fishback who played Robin, a high school kid, was twenty-nine years old when the movie was released and a university graduate.
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Goofs
Art talks about one particular shrimp with powerful arms that move so fast, they vaporize the water around it. He says it is the Pistol Shrimp, but that's actually the Mantis Shrimp.
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Quotes
Robin:
On the streets, they're talking about it. But they don't talk about how one hit could kill you.
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Crazy Credits
There's a mid-credits scene.
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Connections
References
Dirty Harry (1971)
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Soundtracks
Gotta Lotta
Written by
Lil' Wayne (as Dwayne Carter),
Antonio Nunzio Catania (as Antonio Catania),
2 Chainz (as Tauheed Epps),
Mannie Fresh (as Byron Thomas) and
Scatman John (as John Larkin)
Performed by
2 Chainz featuring
Lil' Wayne
Courtesy of Def Jam Recordings/Cash Money Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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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 powers on page or screen tends to be an irrevocable, life-altering event that forever changes their very DNA. Not so in Project Power. Netflix's action-thriller offers an intriguing tweak to the superhero mythos - here, those who take a 'Power' pill are gifted supernatural abilities for just five minutes per hit and they don't know what hidden ability they hold until they take one.
Despite finding a fresh angle on one of cinema's most oversaturated genres, Project Power never fully capitalises on that potential. Like the streaming service's other summer genre exercise The Old Guard, its hooky premise is trapped in a generic plot involving a shadowy organisation led by a cabal of boring baddies.
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.