Netflix’s first major movie of 2025 drops this week in the form of “Back in Action." This action-comedy from director Seth Gordon (the man behind “Horrible Bosses” and the awful “Baywatch” reboot) stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as a couple of retired CIA agents who are drawn back into the world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.
This movie seems to have all the ingredients to be a surefire Netflix No. 1 hit, but to be brutally honest, my initial gut feeling was that it was going to be bad. Perhaps I was being overly cynical, or maybe my bad-movie-detection senses aren’t as sharp as I thought, because after watching “Back in Action” for myself this week, I came away pleasantly surprised. It’s no masterpiece, and its reliance on genre tropes is clear, but it’s charming and enjoyable.
