What is Back in Action about?
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.
Former elite spies find their suburban lives upended by a relentless, high-octane, pulpy, broad comedy of errors.
Big broad humor. A party watch at full speed. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
Back in Action parents guide
What we could confirm fits a PG-13: mild language and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Three questions
- How gory is Back in Action?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Back in Action rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is rated PG-13, with strong violence. Your call for older kids.
Cast and crew
Directed bySeth Gordon
StarringJamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close
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