Jolt

If you are tired and indiscriminate: Kate Beckinsale pounds another victim in Jolt

Tanya Wexler's Jolt, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, is a super heroine actioner for the Adderall generation. A vehicle for the confoundingly lithe and youthful Kate Beckinsale. the story is at a comic book level with broad villainy and double crosses. Yet, despite the ludicrous material (which cribs from the Crank series), Wexler's breezy direction strikes the right tone and milks amusing banter from a too talented cast: Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Jai Courtney, Stanley Tucci, and Susan Sarandon. Not a good or memorable film, but appreciably better than such femme bot opuses as Atomic Blonde, Red Sparrow, Lucy, and the Resident Evil films.