Lindy (Kate Beckinsale) finds herself in a shocking dilemma in Jolt.Credit:Amazon Prime Video.
This device is a mixed blessing as far as the film is concerned, since it leads to a whole series of vignettes that show Linda dispensing rough justice for 10 or 20 seconds at a time, before we snap back to the real world.
In theory, this waiting game ought to maximise the impact when Linda finally lets loose.
But after all the build-up, the pay-off doesn’t amount to much: the assumption seems to be that the female target audience will relish the idea of Linda taking control, but would be bored by fight scenes lasting more than a minute or two.