Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action."
That was ultimately stuff that’s not in the movie,” Gordon told Decider, when asked about the reports of a double replacing Foxx.
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx are charming enough to make 'Back in Action' watchable, but the Netflix movie is flawed. Read our review.
Despite some illogical moments, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx's performances make "Back in Action" an enjoyable family film.
A review of 'Back In Action' which reunites Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as two ex-spies on the run again with their family on a new mission.
Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close discussed working with the cast members and director of the new Netflix action comedy "Back in Action."
As “Back in Action” goes through its paces, you’ll find echoes of such films as the Bob Odenkirk-starring “Nobody” and the Mark Wahlberg vehicle “The Family Plan,” as well as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and even a little of “Knight and Day,” which starred Diaz and that Tom Cruise fella.
After a decade-long hiatus focused on motherhood, Cameron Diaz returns with 'Back in Action,' an action-comedy film alongside Jamie Foxx. Diaz reveals how a call from Foxx reignited her passion for acting.
Watching "Back in Action," it feels like some producer took the original, overblown, raucous-with-gunfire-and-highway-crashes 2005 movie version of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," the one that wasted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,
“It feels good,” he says. “The fact that we have a great movie in Back in Action. And to have Cameron Diaz at my side. The support of people saying, ‘Hey, man, we are with you. Make sure you come on back here so we can get it popping,’ so it just feels good. I don’t have a long, elongated explanation. It just feels good to be back in action.”
Netflix's new action comedy with a star-studded cast has all the makings of a hit. Directed by Seth Gordon, "Back in Action" notably marks the return of Cameron Diaz after a 10-year Hollywood hiatus, pairing her alongside Jamie Foxx as a husband-and-wife team who gave up their life of espionage for a quiet retirement in the suburbs.