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‘Back In Action’ Review: Jamie Foxx And Cameron Diaz Reunite For Zany And Unapologetically Over-The-Top Spy Comedy

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

Cut to present day and their serene family life, a spy past completely unknown to their kids, Alice (McKenna Roberts) and Leo (Rylan Jackson), until circumstances involving them bring out their secret and their flight back to England, where Emily’s mother Ginny ( Glenn Close) lives on a vast estate. Turns out Ginny is shacked up with the much younger and loony Nigel ( British comic Jamie Demtriou), with their visible affection a distraction for all, and as we learn, a past of her own as a super spy which soon comes into play again. Director Seth Gordon ( Horrible Bosses) proves adept at handling the many big set-pieces that keep this thing rocking, and his script with Brendan O’Brien does offer some genuine laughs along the way in a movie no one should take seriously.

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