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Review: Netflix’s ‘Project Power’ flexes its muscles nicely

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Review: Netflix’s ‘Project Power’ flexes its muscles nicely

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Imagine taking a little pill that could make you strong and vibrant, one that basically unlocks your yearning potential. No, not that pill. Get your mind out of the gutter.

The pill in Netflix’s “Project Power” gives you a superpower — invisibility, bulletproof, elastic body, fiery skin. But there are two catches: The effect lasts for just 5 minutes. And instant death is a possible side effect.

Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback star in this utterly satisfying, stylish R-rated crime thriller that gets extra credit for adding a dash of social critique along with its dazzling special effects.

The pills here are glowing gelcaps that you twist to activate and swallow. It’s creators say their product — called Power — can change the world and lots of ruthless people want to get their hands on it, as you would imagine.

But first they need a place to test the unpredictable pills on an unsuspecting populace and one place turns out to be New Orleans — bringing together our motley group of three heroes to fight against a shadowy conspiracy.

Foxx plays a disgruntled former military officer who has a personal reason fueling his desire to upend the drug’s distribution. “I need to get to the top of the food chain,” he says.

Gordon-Levitt plays a cop not afraid to take the pill if it helps him catch bad guys. He resembles Mark Walberg, swaggering around in a Saints’ Steve Gleason jersey with a gun at his hip and a badge on a chain around his neck. “Maybe we can do some good. Isn’t that our job?” he asks a fellow cop.

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