Taglines: You’re in for a shock.
Jolt Movie Storyline. Lindy Lewis (Kate Beckinsale) is a young woman who is afflicted with the intermittent explosive disorder. This causes her to react with violent rage at even the slightest transgression because her body has an unusually high level of cortisol, which in turn makes her stronger and faster than normal. Her parents eventually have her institutionalized due to her violent tendencies.
While in the asylum, an unknown organization tries to weaponize Lindy’s violent tendencies for their benefit, but they fail at every attempt to control her rage. Hoping the military will give her structure and discipline the organization puts Lindy in the army, but they are also unsuccessful at controlling her rage.
Finally, Lindy is subjected to an experimental (but effective) treatment to control her rage; a form of self-administered shock treatment given through an electrode-lined vest she wears at all times. Thanks to the vest and the remote on her wrist, she is finally able to live in the world as a somewhat normal person.
Some time later, Lindy is prompted to go on a date by her therapist, and the designer of the vest, Dr. Ivan Munchin (Stanley Tucci). Munchin believes that this will test if she is able to have a healthy, normal relationship with someone. Eventually, Lindy decides to go on the date with an accountant named Justin (Jai Courtney).
However, on the way there, Lindy encounters a customer being rude to a valet. She briefly considers crushing his ankle in his car door, but she activates the vest and prevents herself from harming the man. Upon meeting Justin for dinner, Lindy explains that she thought having a date would be good however, due to her recent close call, she decides is not going to stay. Justin convinces her to stay by starting a conversation about the bad dates that he has had and all the things that annoy him.
Lindy continues the conversation by going down the list of all the things that would be considered pet peeves by normal people, but are triggers for her. The waitress informs Justin that if Lindy does not stay he would have to give up the table. The waitress also begins being rude to Justin concerning his allergies and his order, so Lindy briefly considers stabbing the waitress.
Lindy then goes to the bathroom to activate her vest, but she hears the waitress from earlier gossiping in the bathroom stall. Lindy then hears that the waitress was purposefully rude to Justin for her own entertainment. In response, Lindy beats the waitress unconscious and then leaves the restaurant.
She then takes her electroshock remote to Dr. Munchin to be fixed, but Munchin reveals that there is nothing wrong with the remote, she has merely built up a tolerance to the electricity. Munchin also tells Lindy that the vest is not a permanent solution, and it is supposed to be a temporary fix. They then discuss the previous events and the possibility that a healthy emotional connection could help her finally control her rage.
Lindy contacts Justin to go on a second date. They discuss their past as well as Justin’s job. Justin reveals that he only has one client; a man named Barry. They go back to Lindy’s apartment and start to have sex. Justin sees Lindy’s voltage therapy vest and electrodes all over her body, so she explains to him what it is. He does not seem to care and tells her it is not a big deal, and begins taking her vest off.
The next morning, Justin gets Lindy a gift along with breakfast in bed. Lindy opens the gift to see a camera, bought by Justin due to her mentioning that she likes to take pictures of people. Justin asks her to explain her voltage therapy. After explaining her condition, Justin appears to accept it. Justin then leaves for work and invites Lindy over for dinner later. Lindy visits Dr. Munchin to tell him that his theory worked and that she likes Justin a lot. Munchin insists that they have a session to deal with these feelings, but Lindy leaves to take pictures with the camera Justin gave her.
Later on,Lindy calls Justin’s phone after not hearing from him all day and a Detective Vicars (Bobby Cannavale) answers. She goes to the police station to sit with Detective Vicars and Detective Nevins (Laverne Cox) and they state that Justin was murdered.
Lindy replays her time with Justin and begins to spiral, shocking herself repeatedly with the vest. She visits Munchin, claiming that the vest is not working, so he gives her a sedative. Once she comes to she says she needs to find out who murdered Justin. He tells her to let it go before it changes her irreversibly.
Lindy then calls the detectives claiming to have more details about Justin’s murder, as a ploy to get them out of the precinct so as to gain access to the evidence from Justin’s murder. Lindy then heads to Justin’s house and finds his phone. She is called by Detective Vicars who tells her that they found her and that Detective Nevins is on the way to arrest her. After a brief encounter with Nevins, Lindy takes Justin’s car and escapes.
Lindy goes to an electronics store to talk to someone about hacking Justin’s phone and meets Andi, a female hacker working in the store. Andi is able to locate Justin’s client, Barry Kasparzki, a notorious gangster who was confirmed to be the last person in contact with him.
Upon finding out that Barry is in an abandoned building overseeing an underground fight, Lindy goes to that fight and demands that Barry tell her who killed Justin. He agrees, on the condition that she fight his top three guys all at once. Upon winning however, Barry tries to get her killed. But, Lindy manages to incapacitate both Barry and the gunman and gets him to tells her who killed Justin after threatening him with jumper cables. Barry tells her that a billionaire recluse named Gareth Fizel (David Bradley) had Justin killed, but she electrocutes him with the jumper cables anyway.
Jolt is a 2021 American action comedy film, adapted from a screenplay by Scott Wascha and directed by Tanya Wexler. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci, and Jai Courtney. It was released on July 23, 2021 by Amazon Studios.
Jolt (2021)
Directed by: Tanya Wexler
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci, Jai Courtney, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, Susan Sarandon, Nathan Cooper, Constantine Gregory, Sophie Sanderson
Screenplay by: Scott Wascha
Production Design by: Russell De Rozario
Cinematography by: Jules O’Loughlin
Film Editing by: Chris Barwell, Carsten Kupanek, Michael J. Duthie
Costume Design by: Carlos Rosario
Set Decoration by: Orlin Grozdanov, Kimberley McBeath
Art Direction by: Ivan Ranghelov
Music by: Dominic Lewis
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Release Date: July 23, 2021
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