

Back in Action
They're living their best lies.
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
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6.4/10
1,620 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $158.9M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- spy
- double cross
- global threat
- gun fight
- undercover agents
- explosive sequences
- intelligence agencies
- comeback mission
- secret identities
- dangerous assignment
- fast‑paced narrative
- high‑stakes conflict
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United States of America
Where to watch
Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTU/A 13+Netflix17 Jan 2025
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTPG-13Netflix17 Jan 2025
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT12Netflix17 Jan 2025
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
AustraliaAU
- Digital / OTTMNetflix17 Jan 2025
CanadaCA
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
AfghanistanAF
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
AlbaniaAL
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
AlgeriaDZ
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTTNetflix16 Jan 2025
AndorraAD
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
AngolaAO
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Jan 2025
Frequently asked questions
Back in Action was released on 15 January 2025.
Audience reviews
4- M2/10
Manuel São Bento
1/17/2025
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/back-in-action-review/ "Back in Action would have been more appropriately titled Out of Action. Seth Gordon fails to strike the necessary balance between action, humor, and emotion to stand out in the genre, delivering a highly forgettable, formulaic piece. Cameron Diaz's return is squandered in a movie that fails to showcase her talent or that of the star-studd…
- M6/10
MovieGuys
1/28/2025
"Back in Action" feels like a bargain basement "True Lies". Unlike the 1994 action, comedy, spy mash up it shallowly imitates, "Back in Action" offers up nothing fresh or original. That's not to say its unwatchable. As a basic action flick its mildly diverting but, that said, you very quickly come to feel like you have seen it all before, because in one form or another, you have. In summary, yet another "by th…
- R6/10
r96sk
2/9/2025
<em>'Back in Action'</em> is one I found to be a real mixed bag. I think I narrowly didn't like it, though it isn't one I'd explicitly say that I disliked either. Everything about it just kinda levels out at underwhelming. The respective returns of Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz are its selling point. Both Foxx and Diaz are fairly good, the latter minorly the better of the two. McKenna Roberts and Rylan Jackson are d…
- J7/10
JPV852
4/5/2026
Not a bad action-comedy, a bit 1990s style but I was entertained mostly for Jamie Foxx and Cameron DIaz. The dialogue still had a tinge of AI that I've noticed in these Netflix movies but still didn't damper the entertainment value. **3.5/5**
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