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Back in Action
Directed by
Seth Gordon
PG-13
2025
1h 54m
Action
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Comedy
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5.9
31%
60%
6.4
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Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.
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Cast of Back in Action
Jamie Foxx
Matt / Executive Producer
Cameron Diaz
Emily
McKenna Roberts
Alice
Rylan Jackson
Leo
Kyle Chandler
Chuck
Glenn Close
Ginny
Jamie Demetriou
Nigel
Andrew Scott
Baron
Fola Evans-Akingbola
Wendy
Robert Besta
Balthazar Gor
Bashir Salahuddin
Coach Chris
Tom Brittney
Dylan
Ben VanderMey
Tyler
Jude Mack
Daphne
Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo
Airport Immigration Officer Keita
Tobi Bamtefa
MI6 Agent Obasi
Leela Owen
Annalise
Cruz Hadley
James
Zion James
Craig
Ivan Ivashkin
General Narek Ivanov
Back in Action Ratings & Reviews
Mashable
Kristy Puchko
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx team up for an action-comedy designed meticulously for Gen X
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
Back in Action takes a generic script, plus a notable cast, and it combines them into an uninspiring yet moderately entertaining film that works far better when the focus is on the family dynamic.
Paul's Trip to the Movies
Paul McGuire Grimes
It's mindless entertainment when you want something better to reunite Diaz and Foxx. Either lean into the stunts and the gadgets like a Mission Impossible or lean into the tropes and humor like Spy.
The Fiction Department
Natasha Alvar
I had just watched Knight and Day again for the millionth time, so I was hopeful that maybe a movie with both Diaz and Jamie Foxx might be decent despite being a January movie on Netflix. I should have known better.
trans|cendental cinema
Mattie Lucas
A limp comeback vehicle that coasts on tired clichés cribbed from better films.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The lesson learned is that sometimes it might be better to not get 'back in action' if the film is a stinker.
ArtsATL
Steve Murray
Everybody involved deserves better, especially the viewers.
Newsday
Robert Levin
Diaz's return is welcome, but she needs a better project.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
Even if Back in Action is generally tame and bland, you can't hold that against its stars. Their timing still has that pinpoint zing; their off-the-cuff casualness gives the movie whatever breeziness it's got.
Washington Post
Ty Burr
There's just enough bite there to give the stars something to work with, and Diaz especially responds with the joy of the well-rested.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
Mostly, the familiarity takes its toll.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
"Back in Action" follows a distressingly familiar pattern, with every stunt-heavy confrontation accompanied by a needle drop of an old standard.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
Their fizzy chemistry and ease with the characters' repartee are a welcome reminder of what effortlessly appealing screen performers they are.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
The uninspired script drags in all the wrong places and the set pieces fail to dazzle, ensuring that the film succeeds as neither an action movie nor a comedy.
Associated Press
Jocelyn Noveck
Back in movies after more than a decade, Diaz retains her easy charm and has chemistry with Foxx. But this doesn't mean their lines are funny or logical. Often, they are neither.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
"Back in Action" seems far more interested in overwhelming us with elaborate brawls and chases.
Observer
Emily Zemler
Cameron Diaz is back from semi-retirement, and she Jamie Foxx have real charisma. But this muddled effort can't decide if it's an action movie, comedy, or family film.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
It's for films like 'Back in Action' that the word 'mediocre' was invented, because it's not that this film is bad. It's not interesting or ambitious enough to be bad. It simply 'is.'
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Diaz and Foxx still got it, the film constantly screams. The evidence on display, however, suggests otherwise.
Slant Magazine
Anzhe Zhang
Seth Gordon's film is largely, and awkwardly, beholden to the most banal of spy tropes.
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