JOLT MOVIE REVIEW

Kate Beckinsale returns to the world of kicking ass as Lindy. She’s got a problem she’s had since she was a child: she has no impulse control with her anger. Someone mildly irritates her and WHAM! As she grew up, she tried a million things to try to get help, including (of course) lots of courses in fighting, weapons, etc. The only thing she’s found to ease the problem is a series of electrodes hooked up to a shock button on her keychain. If she starts to visualize crunching down on a mofo, ZAP! When she actually meets a man (Jai Courtney) who she genuinely likes and isn’t afraid she’ll hurt him, he ends up being killed by persons unknown. No question she’s gonna go out and track down who did it, despite the efforts of two cops (Laverne Cox and Bobby Cannavale). “Jolt” is filled with action, acerbic one-liners, and goofy action humor that had our critics thinking it falls into a mystery zone between “Crank” and “John Wick”. Check out Chris and Melinda & Adrian and Ryan taking sides on this new Amazon prime movie.

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DIRECTED BY: Tanya Wexler

STARRING: Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci, Jai Courtney, Susan Sarandon, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

 

Adrian El Critico (Screener Squad)

Though born and raised in Chicago, this film critic is Mexican to the bone.