Back in Action is headlined by Cameron Diaz's comeback after 11 years away from acting, but Netflix's most viewed weekend premiere in nearly three years is also Seth Gordon's return to feature filmmaking.

Seth Gordon discussed the emergency surgery that saved his life along with star Jamie Foxx suffering a stroke while making the thriller.

Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action."

In an interview with Decider to promote his new Netflix action comedy, Back in Action, Gordon revealed he has been working on a documentary about what are considered to be one of the most valuable pieces of movie paraphernalia of all time: The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

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Netflix's Back in Action is an all-new action comedy franchise, but the film feels eerily similar to this popular animated Pixar franchise.

That was ultimately stuff that’s not in the movie,” Gordon told Decider, when asked about the reports of a double replacing Foxx.

Netflix has released a new original movie that has immediately rocketed to #1 on the service, but is Back in Action with Cameron Diaz worth watching?

Taylor Gates of Collider rates it a 4 out of 10, saying Back in Action is “too formulaic to be fun,” and it struggles in tone as too adult to engage a younger audience but too kid-friendly to be considered one of Netflix’s sexiest movies. Gates says:

As “Back in Action” goes through its paces, you’ll find echoes of such films as the Bob Odenkirk-starring “Nobody” and the Mark Wahlberg vehicle “The Family Plan,” as well as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and even a little of “Knight and Day,” which starred Diaz and that Tom Cruise fella.

Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close also star in Seth Gordon’s caper about a pair of retired undercover agents dragged back into the spy game along with their unknowing children.

Eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close discussed working with the cast members and director of the new Netflix action comedy "Back in Action."