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.

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?

As married CIA operatives who dropped out and have to come back, Foxx and Diaz anchor a Netflix product-of-the-week movie where nothing's at stake.

The movie he was filming, “ Back in Action ,” premiered on Netflix on Friday. The film stars Foxx and Cameron Diaz, in her first acting role in a decade, as former CIA spies who are pulled back into the world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.

Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz topped Netflix’s charts this week with their new spy movie, “Back in Action.” Deadline reports that from January 13 to 19, the film garnered an impressive 46.8 million views,

Cameron Diaz's comeback film Back in Action has scored Netflix a jackpot, emerging as the streaming giant's biggest debut since the 2022 film The Adam Project. Also featuring Jamie Foxx, Back in Action is Diaz's one of the two film deals for which she was paid a hefty paycheck.

Back In Action is Netflix's latest fast-paced action comedy, and the first to see Jamie Foxx teaming up with Cameron Diaz.

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx are back on the big screen with 'Back in Action'. The film has recorded impressive viewing numbers and marks Diaz's return after a ten-year break.