Sci-fi Action Thriller “Project Power” Starring Jamie Foxx Premieres On Netflix

Netflix’s “Project Power” has been in the works years, but the wait for the action movie’s release is over. The streaming service is releasing the sci-fi action thriller on its platform today (August 14). 

“Project Power” Synopsis:

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.

Set primarily over the course of a single day and night in New Orleans, “Project Power” follows an unlikely triumvirate of heroes as they seek to take down Teleios, a shady government organization responsible for the creation of Power — a pill that can either give its users a bespoke, DNA-based superpower for a total of five minutes or kill them instantly.

As for Foxx and Gordon-Levitt, the two actors have starred in a variety of major films over the last few years. Foxx recently starred in “Just Mercy,” “Robin Hood,” and Edgar Wright’s acclaimed “Baby Driver,” while Gordon-Levitt starred in “Snowden,” “7500,” and had cameos in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Knives Out.”

While current events have disrupted production for a variety of Hollywood films and television shows, Netflix has continued to steadily release new content throughout the last few months. The streaming service recently released action films such as “Extraction” and “The Last Days of American Crime,” as well as television series from an array of genres, including “The Eddy,” “Hollywood,” and the Steve Carell-led “Space Force.” The Charlize Theron-starring Netflix original “The Old Guard” debuted July 10 and shot to the top of the streamer’s most-watched list.

Check out the trailer for “Project Power” below.