Jolt isn’t as wonderfully ludicrous as those films, and it wastes a little too much time setting up a staid “All women want to be loved” narrative throughline. That 2006 cult film and its 2009 sequel Crank: High Voltage both star Jason Statham as a hitman who, for various convoluted reasons, needs to keep his adrenaline high and his heart pumping, via fistfights, street races, public sex, and eventually by strapping himself to a car battery. Jolt initially seems like a gender-switched version of Crank. However, when Lindy discovers that Justin has been murdered, she chooses to hone her long-simmering lifelong rage into a weapon in search of revenge and answers. Munchin (Stanley Tucci) to control her impulses, Lindy begins to feel as though she can pursue a normal life when she starts dating Justin (Jai Courtney), an unassuming accountant with a trustworthy disposition. Relying on the help of a special electrode-lined vest invented by her trust physician Dr. Underworld star Kate Beckinsale stars in Tanya Wexler’s action comedy Jolt as Lindy, a beautiful and funny young woman who experiences periods of intense hyper-violent rage due to a mysterious neurological disorder she’s had since her youth. Where to watch: Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video Photo: Amazon Prime Video Zola is a confident film with a confident protagonist, and the agency on display is infectious. For Bravo, that means conveying the stress of our current moment, whether it’s a rap track devolving into Mica Levi-composed ambience, or letting the dialogue rip in loud, near-unintelligible ways. ike Uncut Gems and The Farewell, Zola is the product of a new generation of filmmakers, late-age millennial auteurs who don’t need to bow down to the past and settle for pastiche. Where to watch: Available to rent for $19.99 on Amazon Prime Video, Apple, and Vudu Photo: Anna Kooris/Sundance InstituteĪdapted from a 2015 viral Twitter thread by Aziah “Zola” Wells, Zola follows the story of a stripper who embarks on a wild road trip to Florida and gets ensnared in a bizarre, deadly scheme involving sex work, murder, and profoundly odd characters. When a group of terrorists hijacks the plane and threatens the passengers, Nadja must make an impossible decision: leave them to their fate, or become the monster she’s worked so hard to hide, in order to save them all? Zola Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Photo: Netflixīlood Red Sky, an action horror film directed by Peter Thorwarth, stars Peri Baumeister as Nadja, a woman with a mysterious illness who boards an overnight flight from Germany with her 10-year-old son. It is, frankly, an insulting running thread that sours an otherwise deft horror-thriller. An overwhelming chunk of The Forever Purge’s brisk 103 minutes is devoted to the film’s Mexican immigrants saving the Tuckers’ lives, helping them survive, and furthering their moral development. While Adela and Juan are ostensibly the protagonists, the Tucker family get all the actual character arcs. There’s the delicious irony of a scenario where Americans desperately want to get into Mexico, but it’s burdened with a condescending execution. While the Purge franchise’s lack of subtlety is a big part of its charm, The Forever Purge is probably the biggest test of these movies’ unsubtle methods. Following the Purge’s resolution, a band of lawless marauders decide to prolong the Purge indefinitely, wrecking a wave of havoc as survivors attempt to protect themselves. The fifth installment in the dystopian action horror series, The Forever Purge is set eight years after the events of 2016’s The Purge: Election Year, with the New Founding Fathers of America having regained control of the US government and re-instituted the annual Purge. Where to watch: Available to rent for $19.99 on Amazon Prime Video, Apple, and Vudu Photo: Universal Pictures To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here are the movies you can watch on video on demand and streaming this weekend. If that weren’t enough, we’ve got loads more new films: the crime thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass starring Megan Fox and Bruce Willis, the sci-fi thriller Settlers, starring Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service fame alongside Jonny Lee Miller, the action comedy Jolt starring Kate Beckinsale as a bouncer with anger issues, plus tons more! After less than a month out in theaters, both The Forever Purge and Zola are now on video on demand. This week, Blood Red Sky - Peter Thorwarth’s vampire horror hostage thriller, starring Peri Baumeister - lands on Netflix.
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