Streaming Spotlight by Cindy Summers
Jolt – Amazon Originals
2 out of 4 palm trees
Though Lindy (Kate Beckinsale) seemed like your everyday beautiful, witty woman, beneath the surface she secretly battled uncontrolled murderous impulses. She struggled her entire life to deal with her rare neurological disorder and as a child was committed to a facility to keep others safe from her sporadic rage-filled impulses. She was under continued specialized psychiatric care since her childhood with Dr. Munchin (Stanley Tucci), who developed a special vest fitted with electrodes that Lindy could use to shock herself back into control when she felt rage coming on.
Through therapy and the use of the vest, Lindy and Dr. Munchin agreed that she was ready for and actually needed to start interacting with other people again to help with her therapy. Lindy had been distanced from everyone since she was a child, so the concept of friendships and relationships was completely foreign to her.
She finally met a man named Justin (Jai Courtney) who she had an immediate and unusual connections with on their very first date. Lindy felt confident enough to bring Justin back to her place and reveal her specialized tech vest to him, which he embraced without pause and after their second date she had come to know a feeling of normalcy with Justin she had never had her entire life.
When Justin didn’t show for their third date, Lindy called his apartment and the phone was answered by Detective Vicars (Bobby Cannavale), who informed her that Justin had been murdered. This seemed impossible to Lindy, and she asked for proof by requesting to go to the morgue to see his body, which Vicars denied. This put Lindy on the radar of Vicars and his partner Detective Nevin (Laverne Cox) causing Lindy to be their prime suspect due to her violent past.
Wanting to find Justin’s killer, as well as prove her innocence, Lindy started her own investigation using her uncontrolled violence all along the way. She started by breaking into the police evidence room and stealing the evidence box for Justin’s case. Finding a lead from his wallet, Lindy set out to follow the chain of clues until she found Justin’s killer. Her search was frequently interrupted as Detectives Vicars and Nevin pursued her as the prime suspect, as well as now adding breaking into the police department and theft of evidence property.
Nevin was convinced that Lindy was guilty due to her past, but Vicars believed she was innocent and on several occasions came to Lindy’s aid to help her avoid capture and continue her revenge-filled quest to find who murdered her boyfriend. The clues eventually led Lindy to well-known master criminal and villain Gareth Fizel, who mocked her thinking she was no match for him and his powerful criminal empire. Lindy was in revenge mode though and there was no stopping her.
After Fizel met his demise, Justin appeared in the penthouse to reveal to Lindy that he had faked his death to spur Lindy into action to kill Fizel, learning that Justin was CIA and Fizel was his target. Justin revealed that had actually known about Lindy’s condition from the start and had worked with Dr. Munchin who told him everything about Lindy’s condition. Discovering that she was played by Justin and Dr. Munchin, Lindy set out on a new revenge-filled quest that ultimately revealed she was part of a CIA program all along since childhood,
Rated: R (Language Throughout, Strong Violence, Sexual Content)
Runtime: 1h 31m
