The narrative follows three unlikely allies forced together by the chaos of the drug trade:

Turn off your brain, enjoy the action, but stay for the surprisingly emotional performance by Dominique Fishback.

The film’s creators explicitly cited the U.S. opioid epidemic as an inspiration. The visual language—pills in baggies, dealers on corners, users nodding off (or exploding)—echoes the public health crisis. Frank’s character arc is a classic addiction spiral: he starts using Power for “good reasons” (saving lives), develops a tolerance, experiences withdrawal, and eventually prioritizes the drug over his own safety. The line “I can quit anytime” is implied, never spoken, but hangs over every scene.

The film opens in New Orleans as a wave of bizarre, unexplained deaths sweeps the city. People are suddenly bursting into flames, shattering like glass, or developing bulletproof skin—all for exactly five minutes before returning to normal (or dying). The source is a new street drug called .

Project Power is not a perfect film, but it is a one. In an era saturated with sanitized, franchise-driven superhero epics (MCU, DCEU), it offers a smaller, dirtier, more human alternative. It asks uncomfortable questions: What would you risk for five minutes of godhood? Who gets sacrificed so you can be strong? Is power ever worth the price?

Directors Joost and Schulman came from the documentary world ( Catfish ), which informs their grounded approach to the fantastical. Action scenes prioritize and longer takes over shaky-cam chaos.

Project Power isn't just about explosions; it has a social commentary layer.

Foxx brings a weary, volcanic intensity. His Art is a man who has seen the worst of humanity and become a weapon in response. His monosyllabic delivery contrasts sharply with the bombastic powers he unleashes. The scene where he explains to Robin that he watched his daughter “burn from the inside out” is the film’s emotional core.