"Aren't we all?"
This Netflix blockbuster follows a cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, clearly having an infectious whale of a time), who teams up with an ex-soldier (the reliable Jamie Foxx) and a teenage rapper/dealer (Dominique Fishback) to take on the criminal minds behind a mind-altering new drug that gives users (unpredictable, and possibly even fatal) superpowers for five minutes. This unlikely premise gives opportunities to mash-up genres to mostly good effect, and the unpredictability of the drug also creates tension and a sense of watchability. The directors show some of the effects-laden visual flair they previously showed in Nerve, but the girl's rapping feels shoehorned in and unnecessarily irritating but will probably play better with younger viewers. Ultimately, this is middling franchise-baiting fare that is a passable piece of entertainment.
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