‘Project Power’ Trailer: Jamie Foxx And Joseph Gordon-Levitt Fight A Superpowered War On Drugs

Readers of Marvel comics will know one of the most frequently-used storylines involves man-made drugs that grant superhuman abilities. While the illegal narcotics may give you some cool powers, they ALWAYS prove to be deadly to the user. Well, that’s the basic premise behind Project Power, and while it isn’t a superhero movie or anything, it does star a pair of superheroic actors in Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Project Power stars Foxx as a man out for revenge, with Gordon-Levitt as his cop partner. Both are willing to take the super-powered pills so they can find and stop the person resposible for creating the drug.  Also in the cast is Dominique Fishback, who is probably best known for her role as Darlene in HBO’s The Deuce. She also starred in a great little drama Night Comes On.

The film is directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. whose names you might remember from their documentary and MTV series, Catfish. They went from there to directing a couple of Paranormal Activity films, Nerve, and Viral.

Project Power hits Netflix on August 14th.

SYNOPSIS: On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop the group responsible for creating it.

Travis Hopson
Travis Hopson has been reviewing movies before he even knew there was such a thing. Having grown up on a combination of bad '80s movies, pro wrestling, comic books, and hip-hop, Travis is uniquely positioned to geek out on just about everything under the sun. A vampire who walks during the day and refuses to sleep, Travis is the co-creator and lead writer for Punch Drunk Critics. He is also a contributor to Good Morning Washington, WBAL Morning News, and WETA Around Town. In the five minutes a day he's not working, Travis is also a voice actor, podcaster, and Twitch gamer. Travis is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association (CCA), Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), and Late Night programmer for the Lakefront Film Festival.