History Film / ProjectPower

* {{Catchphrase}}: Art has a habit of saying "Am I lying?" so much that Frank even uses it as a TrustPassword.

Project Power is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. It stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, and Creator/DominiqueFishback, alongside [[Music/MachineGunKelly Colson Baker]], Creator/RodrigoSantoro, Creator/AmyLandecker, and Creator/CourtneyBVance. It follows a drug dealer, police officer, and former soldier who team up to stop the distribution of a pill that gives the user superpowers for five minutes.
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* LogicalWeakness: The henchman who can bend his joins in any direction is impossible to defeat in a grapple because joint locks don't work on him, and he can maintain a lock in any position preventing escape. However, he is not superhumanly durable so punching him works fine to gain the upper hand.

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Project Power is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. It stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, and Creator/DominiqueFishback, alongside [[Music/MachineGunKelly Colson Baker]], Rodrigo Santoro, Creator/AmyLandecker, and Creator/CourtneyBVance. It follows a drug dealer, police officer, and former soldier who team up to stop the distribution of a pill that gives the user superpowers for five minutes.

Project Power is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. It stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, and Creator/DominiqueFishback, alongside [[Music/MachineGunKelly Colson Baker]], Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker and Creator/CourtneyBVance. It follows a drug dealer, police officer, and former soldier who team up to stop the distribution of a pill that gives the user superpowers for five minutes.

* AddictionPowered: While there is no literal example of it, the film seems to have this as a recurring theme with Power replacing regular street drugs.

* AnimalMotif: All Powers are said to be based on animal traits that are part of [[ArtisticLicenseBiology "human genetic potential"]].
** The origins of several are confirmed by a presentation given by Biggie: the tough skin of a rhinocerous, the camouflage of a mimic octopus, the extended bones of a wolverine frog, the regenerative abilities of a salamander, and safe bone dislocations of a mouse.
** Notably Biggie mentions one ability that is not accompanied by the name or image of an animal. The power to [[spoiler: turn water into plasma]]. We later find out that this refers to [[spoiler:Art's Power to gain the speed of a pistol shrimp and harness the disastrous conflagration that occurs when using such speed at a human scale]].
** Its unclear exactly where some of the Powers come from. Biggie mentions thermoregulation as an ability and two people are shown with this Power. However no animals have the ability to set themselves on fire or freeze their surroundings. Biggie's own Power to [[spoiler:become a hulking giant]] is also unexplained as is [[spoiler:Tracy's ability to heal]].

* CatchPhrase: Art has a habit of saying "Am I lying?" so much that Frank even uses it as a TrustPassword.
* TheCityNarrows: The post-apocalyptic-looking slum where Newt the drug dealer hides out is known as [=DeGaulle=] Manor, a locally notorious housing project where real-life crimes were once actually rampant, including countless murders. Although filled with props and extras to look alive for the movie, the real neighbourhood was completely abandoned by 2012 and became a popular site for urban explorers, photographers, film makers and the local homeless. It still stands in Algiers on the West Bank.

* TheDeterminator: Art will find his daughter, even if he has to threaten you and your mother's life and blow up parts of New Orleans to do so. Frank is no slouch in this department either.

* HarmlessFreezing: ''Heavily averted''. Poor Candy. Her ice powers starts to be uncontrollable as her skin became frozen and turns solid as ice, killing her.

* HealingHands: While the film never states what her power is, [[spoiler: Tracy is shown having this ability when she heals her dad after using his Power]].

* {{Invisibility}}: The bank robber seems to have this Power at first, but that doesn't making him truly invisible, but instead reflects his surroundings so it's more active camouflage. His name is ''Griff, the Camouflage Man'' if you were wondering.
* LogicalWeakness: The henchman who can bend his joins in any direction is impossible to defeat in a grapple because joint locks don't work on him and he can maintain a lock in any position preventing escape. However he is not superhumanly durable so punching him works fine to gain the upper hand.

* PerformanceAnxiety: Robin is a talented rapper, but has trouble showing it off in front of others.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: Art kills an entire group of soldiers and causes heavy damage to a tanker.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: The Power pill can give you superpowers for five minutes but sometimes, the powers have drawbacks as is discussed throughout the film. For example, Newt has the ability to be WreathedInFlames, but it's clear that, even while hiding it, his body is has suffered heavy burns as a result. Biggie [[spoiler: can turn into a raging monster ''a la'' Mr. Hyde via Film/VanHelsing , but in scenes prior to this, you can see by the skin on his neck this has stretched his skin to horrible levels]]. In the finale, [[spoiler: Art unleashes his extraordinary power, but if it weren't for his daughter's HealingHands, it's very clear he would be dead]].

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Averted. Many people suffer heavy side affects from their Powers due to not having this trope in effect.

* SuperPowerLottery: Almost literally. Whenever a person takes a pill they get a power ranging from useless to devastating for five minutes (or it might instantly kill you). However a person always gets the same power so once they've taken a pill they know what they can do. Taking additional pills within the five minute limit seems to intensify the power rather than granting additional ones. From a combat point of view, the clear winner is [[spoiler:Art, who takes out an entire combat team with his Power in a matter of a few seconds]].
* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: As stated numerous times over the course of the film, the Power Pill can give you a superpower- the drawback is that you never know what you're going to get, and whatever you get could scar, maim, or even kill you.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Frank's corrupt boss]] is never mentioned again after trying to set him up to be killed.

Project Power is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost. It stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, and Dominique Fishback, alongside [[Music/MachineGunKelly Colson Baker]], Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker and Creator/CourtneyBVance. It follows a drug dealer, police officer, and former soldier who team up to stop the distribution of a pill that gives the user superpowers for five minutes.

* AbandonedArea: There is a scene at Six Flags New Orleans, a popular shooting location that appears in multiple Nola-based films. In reality, the park flooded disastrously during Hurricane Katrina and has never reopened. Like DeGaulle Manor, it has become emblematic of New Orleans' state of decay and is often used for dramatic backdrops.

* TheCityNarrows: The post-apocalyptic-looking slum where Newt the drug dealer hides out is known as DeGaulle Manor, a locally notorious housing project where real-life crimes were once actually rampant, including countless murders. Although filled with props and extras to look alive for the movie, the real neighbourhood was completely abandoned by 2012 and became a popular site for urban explorers, photographers, film makers and the local homeless. It still stands in Algiers on the West Bank.

* CelebrityParadox: In a weird way. Despite being a movie about superpowers no character every brings up famous superheroes or supervillains which makes it seem like they don't exist in the movie's setting. However the "wolverine frog" that Biggie mentions only has that nickname because of its similarity to X-Men character Wolverine.

* SuperToughness: Frank's main ability from Power is it thickens his skin, making him bulletproof.

* ImmuneToBullets/SuperToughness: Frank's main ability from Power is it thickens his skin, making him bulletproof.

* WomanInWhite: The Matriarch is almost entirely dressed in white in both her scenes.

* HarmlessFreezing: ''Heavily averted''. Poor Candy. Her ice powers starts to be uncontrollable as her skin becomes frozen and turns solid as ice, killing her.

* HarmlessFreezing: ''Heavily averted''. Poor Candy, her ice power becoming uncontrollable as her skin becomes frozen and turns solid as ice.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Frank's main ability from Power is it thickens his skin, making him bulletproof.

* PainfulTransformation: Newt, Biggie, and Knifebones.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: Art kills an entire group of soldiers and causes heavy damage to a tanker, but that's no surprise given that there was ''heavy'' foreshadowing on that he could do that.]]

* SuperToughness: Frank.

* AnimalMotif: All Powers are said to be based off of animal traits that are part of [[ArtisticLicenseBiology "human genetic potential"]].