"Jolt" - not to be confused with "Bolt", a movie about a dog with a lightning streak on his back. Though in this case, the film's protagonist needs an electrical charge to control her aggressive tendencies, something she derives from a vest full of electrodes she wears that attach to her body. Lindy (Kate Beckinsale) has Intermittent Explosive Disorder, a condition I'm sure the script writer needed time to come up with so that it's acronym matched that of an Improvised Explosive Device. Yes, Lindy is a walking and talking IED, who goes on a rampage after her one and only boyfriend (OK, that's up for debate) is murdered after only the second date. What follows is pretty much what you'd expect in a mindless romp of car chases and fight scenes in which our average sized heroine routinely battles and pulverizes brutes twice her size. There's a twist that comes at the finale regarding said dead boyfriend, which further propels the story into the land of disbelief suspension, but by that time the astute viewer will probably have figured it out. Lest you think I'm being too critical of the picture, I did find it quite entertaining, and Beckinsale is a super powered IED with a look that's easy on the eyes. And she has amazing recuperative powers, evidenced by the fact that she's up and walking around with no problem at all after getting shot in the leg by a detective who has his eyes on the prize.
Review of Jolt
