5 Reasons to Watch Project Power (SPOILER ALERT!!)

If you haven’t heard already, Jamie Foxx’s 2020 Netflix Original Project Power is still ranking in the Top Ten on Netflix. For those who may be behind, Tastemakers Collective Media has reviewed it, admittedly, with spoilers to give you our top five reasons to watch Project Power.

The quality talent and the hunks 

Jamie Foxx plays Art, a charming yet deadly father dealing with severe PTSD while in search of his daughter and in the midst of a new drug taking over New Orleans called Power. It exposes the secret power in your DNA, like invisibility or being bulletproof.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a like-ably questionable cop named Frank who helps out Robin, a young drug dealer played by Dominique Fishbank, who is in the game to support a sick mother.

Machine Gun Kelly makes an appearance as Robin’s cousin Newt and the super-fine Allen Maldonado was a pleasant surprise, too. While some may accredit the film’s success to a craftily star-studded cast, Here are some of our favorite moments.

Art’s Asshole-ness

To the person on the other side of his gun, after a ridiculously callous remark, Art would ask, “Now tell me, am I lyin’?” He would say something like, “I will kill your mother...Look me in the eye. Am I lyin’?” Who says that??!!? A true badass, apparently.

He’s so focused on his mission that anybody is eligible for a fresh, open can of butt kick. When he first meets Robin (or, should we say kidnap) he tells her, “You out here in these streets dealing.

You ain’t no damn kid. You gave that up. You can’t keep playing that ol’ I’m-just-a-child card, okay?” I’ll wait for you to sip your tea to that one.

Frank and Irene’s “Love” Scene

Frank’s affinity for Robin is comical and almost endearing. Especially when Robin cheers on his “Clint Eastwood” act that he’s been practicing in the mirror.

The best Frank scene is when he is looking for Robin after getting an SOS message. Frank stops by her home to discover Robin’s mother Irene is in danger and to save her life he pretends to be her boyfriend coming straight out the shower.

Seeing Joseph Gordon-Levitt play the race card was satisfying. As he accused the bad guys of being racist because he was living with a beautiful black woman, Irene added all the proper adlibs and facial reactions to the bizarro situation unfolding right before her eyes. 

Robin’s Freestyle Scene

We learn early that Robin likes to rap so after she gets challenged by her teacher in the middle of class, you’ll probably reserve some anticipation waiting for her to actually spit. We eventually discover that Robin is not a fan of public speaking, but Art pushes her to freestyle for him.

She does and impresses Art with her true power of words. CHIKA may be the lyricist behind Robin’s rhymes, but, needless to say, Fishbank did an amazing job embodying her lyrics. 

The Victory Scene

Jamie Foxx’s super martyrdom may not bring tears to your eyes, but Robin’s anguish and Tracy’s determination to heal her father as she languishes, “Come on, Daddy!” might do the trick. Also, seeing Robin give Art that last goodbye hug was borderline heartbreaking, knowing that she doesn’t have a father figure and had to let this one go. 

Sure, the ship with all the tech and science was left in the middle of the ocean for the Coast Guards to find (why didn’t it blow up??), but Art found his daughter which was his only goal. On the plus side, hearing “my worth is my power” was a great message to inspire watchers with and the best message they could have chosen for the credits.

Ultimately, this was not a super-hero film. There were superpowers involved, but this was a story about a veteran with PTSD who decided to fight back against a system that betrayed him by kidnapping his daughter and turning him into a killing machine.

That’s literally it.

He doesn’t try to beat the system because “what if this gets into the wrong hands.” He just said, “Nah, I’m good. Don’t experiment on me anymore.” and went on to have a family in the country.

Then they go and kidnap his daughter years later (those jerks!). He doesn’t try to arrest the bad guys.

He simply is going wherever his daughter may be so he can take her home. Frank, the cop, may have been a vigilante for New Orleans but Art was just a family man who was forced out of retirement on some b*@$*t.

It’s easy to see why Project Power was number one for at least a week on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it, check it out and comment what you thought about the film.