Netflix has released a new original movie that has immediately rocketed to #1 on the service, but is Back in Action with Cameron Diaz worth watching?

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Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx's new action-comedy Back In Action recently debuted on Netflix, marking Diaz's return to acting after nearly a decade. The film, directed by Seth Gordon

Cameron Diaz says that having kids gave her a 'different perspective' on being an actor, saying that there's a 'lot more happening in my world.' The actress, who's mom to daughter Raddix, 5, and son Cardinal,

Diaz played a nightclub singer named Tina Carlyle opposite Carrey’s Stanley Ipkis, a bank teller who comes into possession of a magical mask. Carrey told Comicbook.com in December 2024 that he would return for a sequel, but “it has to be the right idea.”

Cameron Diaz lights up the screen in the new Netflix movie 'Back in Action,' but she has revealed that the cast faced dark times during filming.

In “Back in Action,” Diaz and Jamie Foxx star as retired CIA spies-turned-parents. After taking a break from the action to focus on their family life, they’re pulled back into the fight when enemies realize they’re still very much alive.

"Back in Action" is Cameron Diaz's first film in over ten years. Unfortunately, her and Jamie Foxx's star power isn't enough to save it.

If it isn't Cameron Diaz, back in the spotlight, championing Netflix's latest number one movie – Back In Action – which has flown up the charts since its 17 January release date. She stars alongside Jamie Foxx in an A-list production that Netflix produced with a $70 million budget.

You'll see the "third-act 'twist' coming a mile off", said Ben Travis in Empire, and Andrew Scott and Kyle Chandler are "wasted in insubstantial roles". But Back in Action is a fun, "fizzily watchable" treat. A word to Diaz: "Next time don't leave it so long, eh?"

Back In Action marks Jamie Foxx’s second Netflix release since being hospitalized after falling ill in April 2023. In December 2024, the Texas native released the Netflix comedy special, What Had Happened Was, his first stand-up film in over two decades.