Jolt

Name: Jolt
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: July 23, 2021
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, Christian Brassington, Constantine Gregory, David Bradley, Jai Courtney

2021

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Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): July 23, 2021 | R

Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Christian Brassington, Constantine Gregory, David Bradley, Jai Courtney, Kate Beckinsale, Laverne Cox, Lili Rich, Ori Pfeffer, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon

Summary: Lindy is a beautiful, sardonically-funny woman with a painful secret: Due to a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, she experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device. Unable to find love and connection in a world that fears her bizarre condition, sheLindy is a beautiful, sardonically-funny woman with a painful secret: Due to a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, she experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device. Unable to find love and connection in a world that fears her bizarre condition, she finally trusts a man long enough to fall in love, only to find him murdered the next day. Heartbroken and enraged, she embarks on a revenge-filled mission to find his killer, while also being pursued by the police as the crime’s prime suspect.… Expand

Director: Tanya Wexler

Genre(s): Action, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Polygon Roxana Hadadi

Jul 23, 2021

A B-movie designed by people who knew exactly what kind of enjoyable trash they were making, Jolt is unabashedly silly, sloppily written, and overly reliant on the likability of Beckinsale and fellow cast members Stanley Tucci and Jai Courtney. But it’s also a breezily entertaining reminder of how delightful it is to watch Beckinsale get pissed off. Read full review

Yolanda Machado

Jul 22, 2021

Jolt won’t be the talk of awards season, but it knows how to entertain, offering the enjoyable spectacle of watching one woman taking down everything and everyone in her way, using what the world has told her (and so many other women) to get rid of — her feelings and her demand to be heard. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Jul 22, 2021

Altogether, this is flyweight fun. Read full review

Bob Strauss

Jul 22, 2021

While it’s not always as sharp as it could be, the energy in Jolt never falters, and there are definitely amusing bits. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Jul 23, 2021

What Jolt lacks in originality and subtlety it at least somewhat makes up for in verve. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jul 22, 2021

Jolt is a perplexing mix-up of genre and intentions. From one scene to the next, I had no real understanding of where the film might go next – but instead of anticipating the unpredictable, I came to quickly dread the arbitrariness. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jul 22, 2021

Like the muddled plotting, risible climax and wearisomely foul-mouthed script, Jolt’s budgetary shortcomings might have been endurable if its action scenes passed muster. Alas, they’re barely community theatre standard. Read full review

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CivilizationAce

Jul 28, 2021

For something that's could have been just fun, this has an impressively well realised lead character, which lifts it above the standard formulaic action movie into AAA territory. Despite her condensed back-story, within a few minutes of Kate taking over the role you totally get her. Then youFor something that's could have been just fun, this has an impressively well realised lead character, which lifts it above the standard formulaic action movie into AAA territory. Despite her condensed back-story, within a few minutes of Kate taking over the role you totally get her. Then you know everything is going to go pear shaped, and fortunately the pacing is excellent. The action scenes are brilliantly staged, being visceral and believable. While the film is self-contained, I hope we get to see what she does next.… Expand

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comadeiror

Jul 24, 2021

Very good movie, Amazon Prime is starting to make pretty good movies, the only downside is that if you don't have an OLED TV, you don't take advantage of the quality of the movie.

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Jul 23, 2021

Jolt, released in 2021 as an Amazon Original, stars Kate Beckinsale as a fem fatale with anger management issues. I feel that this movie could have been a 10/10 if it were not for some writing issues. Just so you know, this review was produced with my wife's approval, so please don't takeJolt, released in 2021 as an Amazon Original, stars Kate Beckinsale as a fem fatale with anger management issues. I feel that this movie could have been a 10/10 if it were not for some writing issues. Just so you know, this review was produced with my wife's approval, so please don't take this the wrong way when I say that the film is riddled with misogyny references, bad jokes and cheesy, cliché plot lines.

The Good: Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, 2003) and Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games, 2012) do a phenomenal job at portraying their characters. However, their combined AAA stardom eclipses the rather lackluster performance of most of the rest of the cast. This is the problem with hiring Triple-A Hollywood stars and pitting them in roles alongside TV actors.

The Writing: This is where the movie can be hit or miss for many people. In my case, I *mostly* enjoyed the movie. If you can stand the misogyny jokes and some poor performances, then you will enjoy this movie. It was not horrible, and in fact the writing has some brilliant moments that make you feel at awe. However, it is clear that this is writer Scott Wascha's first film. At some points it seems that he is trying too hard to make the audience laugh. On one particular scene babies are involved and it is meant to be funny, but is actually kind of dumb. Some viewers may find it funny, though so I won't knock off too many points for that scene. Unfortunately, there is just enough to hate about the writing as there is to love, and so it cancels out in the end.

Overall: If it were not for Beckinsale and Tucci's performance, the movie would fall flat on its back. Overall, Jolt delivers just enough electric volts to keep you entertained for one viewing, but is ultimately not worth watching again. My advice is to watch it once for a good time, and then forget about it.… Expand

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TrueMachine

Aug 3, 2021

Как Бекинсейл согласилась сниматься в этом мусоре, фильм просто скучный, диалоги не интересные, сюжет вообще банальный. Настолько он бездушный и трешовый, просто нет слов, зарывает актриса себя всяким хламом. Жалею о потраченом времени, фильм днище.Как Бекинсейл согласилась сниматься в этом мусоре, фильм просто скучный, диалоги не интересные, сюжет вообще банальный. Настолько он бездушный и трешовый, просто нет слов, зарывает актриса себя всяким хламом. Жалею о потраченом времени, фильм днище.

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JLuis_001

Jul 25, 2021

Kate Beckinsale can play the badass role without any problem.
The Underworld saga is her legacy despite its quality, but that's the only thing that could be mentioned about this painful and sloppy story in which they try to turn her into a kind of female Crank while using a true behavioralKate Beckinsale can play the badass role without any problem.
The Underworld saga is her legacy despite its quality, but that's the only thing that could be mentioned about this painful and sloppy story in which they try to turn her into a kind of female Crank while using a true behavioral disorder as a catalyst and to some extent a punchline.

Jolt is trash released as a big name by Amazon.
Here's the true death of cinema in a movie that would've died miserably in the theaters.… Expand

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MetacriticOnur

Jul 25, 2021

bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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Broyax

Dec 5, 2021

La jolie Kate a dû (encore) passer sur le billard… parce qu’elle ne fait (vraiment) pas ses 48 balais !… je féliciterai personnellement le charcudoc ! Cela étant, elle n’est certainement pas mollassonne et on voit bien qu’elle s’entretient. Elle reste de fait une sacrée bonnasse, ma foiLa jolie Kate a dû (encore) passer sur le billard… parce qu’elle ne fait (vraiment) pas ses 48 balais !… je féliciterai personnellement le charcudoc ! Cela étant, elle n’est certainement pas mollassonne et on voit bien qu’elle s’entretient. Elle reste de fait une sacrée bonnasse, ma foi (bravo le charcudoc… non je suppose que ce sont les pilates, tout ça et tout le reste !).

Quoi qu’il en soit, Kate joue ici la fille très nerveuse, sujette à des crises d’ultra-violence pour un oui ou pour un non… ce qui fait penser d’une certaine façon à l’excellent Serial Mother… à une grosse différence près cependant : Jolt est très mauvais !

Ce n’est en effet même pas un nanar d’action au moins correct mais une simple comédie de merde à l’humour souvent graveleux, vulgaire et con (« vous pétez dans l’ascenseur ? ») dont le scénar tout foireux s’avère… pratiquement inexistant. De toute façon, on ne se donne même pas la peine d’aller jusqu’à la fin de cette production Amacon : on a mieux à faire… malgré Kate !… Expand

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