Back in Action (2025)
They're living their best lies.
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Back in Action rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.9/10· 66K votes
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic46%
TMDb6.4/10· 2K votesWith 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 46/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Back in Action
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.
Cast of Back in Action
Jamie Foxx
as Matt
Cameron Diaz
as Emily
McKenna Roberts
as Alice
Rylan Jackson
as Leo
Kyle Chandler
as Chuck
Glenn Close
as Ginny
Jamie Demetriou
as Nigel
Andrew Scott
as Baron
Fola Evans-Akingbola
as Wendy
Robert Besta
as Balthazar Gor
Bashir Salahuddin
as Coach Chris
Tom Brittney
as Dylan
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Action sequences blend comedy with explosive kinetic choreography
- •Comeback mission premise offers character redemption narrative
- •Double-cross plot complications add stakes throughout
What the audience disliked
- •Comedy timing competes against action momentum inconsistently
- •Covert operation plot defaults to familiar spy genre beats
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