Jolt: Synopsis and Reviews

 Jolt: Synopsis and Reviews

Long since last wearing a tight leather suit and playing a vampire in the Underworld franchise, Kate Beckinsale is finally back in action films. Through his latest film, Jolt. This film is the latest directing result of Tanya Wexler (Hysteria, Buffaloed), a female filmmaker who is known to often present stories about women who make a splash in the world of men. However, this is the first time Wexler has presented a film with a female character whose picture is similar to that of a comic superhero.

Jolt tells the story of a woman named Lindy Lewis (Kate Beckinsale) who has difficulty controlling her anger. This is because he suffers from a rare neurological disease that makes his emotions quickly peak and has a high desire to commit violence, even for things that are fairly trivial though.

Despite years of therapy, and his attempts to vent as a member of the military or an athlete in extreme sports, Lindy into adulthood it still weighed on her. The only way to curb the desire to commit violence is to use an electrode vest, which is attached to a device that he must hold and push a button, to give himself electric shocks whenever his anger gets too great, developed by his friend/psychiatrist Dr. Munchin (Stanley Tucci).

However, when the situation began to improve, trials approached. The man who just managed to lure her, Justin (Jai Courtney) reportedly killed. Not accepting this, Lindy vows to find the perpetrators and take revenge on them, even though the authorities are pursuing her, because they suspect her to be the mastermind behind the incident.

From the presentation that Wexler puts forward, what is in the mind of the writer of this film is somewhat reminiscent of the unique action film starring Jason Statham, Crank: High Voltage and also Lucy by Luc Besson, starring Scarlett Johansson. Crank, because Jolt's presentation puts forward an energetic style and in terms of premise as well, this film has some similarities. Meanwhile, Lucy in terms of character appearance, and the color palette used in this film.

One of the most prominent interesting factors in Jolt is the character side of the main character. There's some much-needed craziness and it manages to make Lindy's character feel different from the rest of the female protagonists.

This script by debutant writer Scott Wascha turns cliché action movie tropes into hilarious triggers, where it can infuriate Lindy. Namely how Lindy easily gets angry and goes to extremes to people who make her upset (even though sometimes the level of irritation caused is relatively small-ed). In most cases, this is a prankster who marvels at her beauty and doesn't realize she is a killing machine; sometimes unfriendly waiters on duty.

This aspect manages to give Lindy a layer beyond her temper, adding humor and heart without ever really trying to change it. That's an unusual choice—women on screen usually have to be gentler or lighter about their anger, but not in Wascha's script. And this can be displayed quite nicely by Kate Beckinsale which makes the character she plays interesting.

Jolt actually has promising potential to deliver over the top action scenes, although unfortunately the script doesn't manage to maximize it, which makes the presentation on the verge of entering into a familiar plot. Fortunately, Beckinsale's performance could save the film a bit.

Overall, Jolt won't be the talk of the town in awards season, but he knows how to entertain, offering fun spectacle. With the ending scene that features Susan Sarandon's cameo in a role aimed at setting up a Marvel-style franchise, although this first film seems to have mixed results, the writer personally hopes that Jolt will get a second chance to present a better presentation.

Jolt can be watched on Amazon Prime

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