Watching "Back in Action," it feels like some producer took the original, overblown, raucous-with-gunfire-and-highway-crashes 2005 movie version of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," the one that wasted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,

But she's on-screen relatively briefly. And while it's good to see Diaz, an underappreciated actor, back in the movies, the script does her no favors. Foxx gives off "I'm just here for the paycheck" vibes.

But now she's back in "Back in Action," ironically with her "Annie" co-star Jamie Foxx. Well, OK, it's not really irony. Foxx is the one who called her up and convinced her to return, according to the actress.