Netflix Delivers The First Summer Blockbuster: Project Power

When the movie theatres are closed and the Hollywood studios are essentially on pause, we are left with a slim selection of new movies to chose from. Gone are the summers centred around the release of the “blockbuster”. This is where Netflix enters the picture with Project Power.

I forgot just how much I needed a fun, action packed movie with big production and big star power. I think I have been just crushing too many documentaries lately to notice just how serious im taking my content consumption….until tonight!

With the lights off and the surround system on blast I got to enjoy 1hr and 45min of action supported by Jamie Fox, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback as we saw character after charter swallow a pill and transform into a superhero/supervillain for 5min.

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.

Remember…this is just a fun movie and sometimes that’s all we need in these times. So go ahead and put your phone away, turn off the lights and enjoy.