Back in Action
Warning : Major spoilers for Back in Action below!Netflix ’s late activity comedyBack in Actionis load with callbacks and easter eggs to other undercover agent movie and shows . Back in Actionmarks Cameron Diaz ’s acting comebackafter a decade - foresightful hiatus , which is get a lot of attention to the silklike action caper . review forBack in Actionhave been somewhat lukewarm so far , though the combination of Diaz , Jamie Foxx and the rest of the cast makes it doom to be a cyclosis strike for Netflix .
While technically an original work , the movie does take up to a great extent from other espionage movies before it . Some of these computer address are blindingly obvious - include multiple nods to a certain British undercover agent - while others are a picayune more obscure . Regardless , spotting these book of facts will lend to the fun ofBack in Actionfor literary genre fans .
13Jason Bourne
At least Emily and Matt remember their pasts
Once Emily ( Cameron Diaz ) and Matt ’s ( Jamie Foxx ) children finally learn their parent were badass spies , they have a million head . They ask if they were spies in the same vein as Matt Damon ’s Jason Bourne , to which Foxx ’s Matt states they were , but they can both remember their pasts .
A newJason Bournemovie is said to be in growth with Edward Berger currently attached as director .
It ’s also nice that almost a decade on from the last continuation , Jason Bourne , adolescent are still thinking of the part as one of the ultimate spies .
12Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Both the Mr. & Mrs. Smith movie and TV show see a married couple struggling with their suburban lives
Back in Actioncan be broadly compared to both theMr . & Mrs. SmithmovieandTV series , though it draws more intake from the former . They all affect undercover agent / assassins taste to asseverate a normal , " boring " suburban existence while fiddle down their natural impulses for activity . In dividing line toMr . & Mrs. Smith , Back in Action’scharacters are happy with their menage lifeuntil dangerous undertaking comes predict . All three projection also feature the mob home being torn apart by gunshot , shatter the window dressing of normality the couple has erected .
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Back in Action’s MacGuffin shares something in common with 24
The deviceBack in Action’svillains try is called the ICS master key , which can override king plants , dams , atomic reactor , and so on . The way the ICS can hack into a area ’s base bears a resemblance to the CIP gadget from24season 7 too .
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz went around the creation in Back in Action , and the picture show actually had a amazingly varied list of film location .
This foul module could also hack into America ’s vital infrastructure , with terrorists using it to ram a planing machine and target a chemical substance plant life .
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10Andrew Scott
Scott is best known as Moriarty from BBC’s Sherlock
Back in ActioncastAndrew Scott as Baron , a former love pastime of Emily ’s . Scott play the severe MI6 agent chasing after " The Bakers , " with the movie framing him as a possible baddie . This is largely down to the role player ’s old part , like snow inJames BondadventureSpectreor Moriarty inSherlock . In a surprise move , Baron is revealed to be all on the layer , with Scott ’s casting mean to pervert audiences .
9True Lies
Both Harry and Matt know how to turn up the heat
True Liesis comparable toBack in Actionin a brace of ways . This includes the domesticize spy angle , though the difference there is that Arnold Schwarzenegger ’s Harry is an active spy keep open his threefold lifetime a closed book from his syndicate . One setpiece in this 1994 James Cameron blockbuster seesHarry make a flamethrower out of a gasolene pump , while Foxx ’s Matt does the same when he and his family are scupper by mercenary .
8Kingsman: The Secret Service
This spy action franchise gets a fun shoutout
While hanging around with their grannie Ginny ( Glenn Close ) , Matt and Emily ’s tike meet her bizarre boyfriend , Nigel ( Jamie Demetriou ) . Nigel is try on to become a spy , and in accession to his throw stars and other cogwheel , he mentions get a bulletproof umbrella . This is an easter egg nod to theKingsmanfranchise , whereColin Firth ’s Harry is often watch wielding a bulletproof umbrella .
7James Bond
The 007 saga gets multiple shoutouts
It ’s impossible for any espionage film or serial not to referenceJames Bondin some fashion , andBack in Actionis no different . On that score , the Netflix blockbuster features a veryBond - similar pre - title legal action sequence involving a plane , Nigel reach mention of a optical maser watch and Matt dons a tuxedoin the last ; he even has his own special drink order . Glenn Close play the M - like former head of MI6 and gadget master Q also gets bring up .
6Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Neither Back in Action nor Fallout take the time to appreciate the art though
A decent clump ofBack in Actiontakes place in London , though it largely avoids confabulate landmark . A fundamental exception is the finale , where Matt and Emily head to famed nontextual matter gallery the Tate Modern to end the sale of the ICS cay to international purchaser .
… Back in natural action spend a penny undecomposed use of the Tate Modern as a setting than Fallout .
This mirrors a primal scene fromMission : Impossible - Fallout , where Tom Cruise ’s Ethan Hunt operate ( what else ? ) to the veranda to lay off a mole from escaping . Given that it stages an actual conflict inside the gallery , Back in Actionmakes better use of the Tate Modern as a setting thanFallout .
5Spectre
Both spy movies climax with a speedboat chase on the River Thames
Aside from Andrew Scott , another linkBack in Actionmakes toSpectreis the stopping point . InSpectre , Bond ( Daniel Craig ) chases after Blofeld ’s ( Christoph Waltz ) whirlybird in a speedboat . Somehow , 007 is able to shoot the chopper down with his Walter PPKfrom a long distance . Back in Actionalso features a pep pill boat pursual , with the heroes chasing down the fleeing bad guy .
4Die Hard
Nigel pulls an Argyle in Back in Action’s finale
While limo driver Argyle ( De’voreaux White ) does n’t get much action inDie heavily , he helps foil the heist in the conclusion . This sees him drive his limousine into a fake ambulance , which the thieves intended to use as their escape fomite ; Argyle also punches out the gadget driver , tech expert Theo ( Clarence Gilyard).Back in Actiongives Nigel his own Argyle moment , where he rams the van of the hacker who possess the ICS key , saving the day in the process .
