Kate Beckinsale has had a curious career to date, with most of her success and popularity down to her involvement starring in the underwhelming Underworld franchise.

Remarkably, she has managed to maintain a career from it, although with roles that haven’t exactly dripped with quality.

Here she takes on the part of a superhero-esque character, who struggles with anger management issues.

From a very young age, Lindy (Beckinsale) was diagnosed with a rare condition known as Intermittent Explosive Disorder, which means she can lose her temper real quick and strike out in rage.

As a means of controlling these outbursts, that often lead to violence, her psychiatrist Dr. Munchin (Stanley Tucci) has devised a system whereby she can give herself electric shock treatment to prevent her rage from flaring up.

This condition is obviously difficult when it comes to dating, but Munchin is keen for her to have as normal a life as possible. This leads Lindy to going on a date with Justin (Jai Courtney), who she quickly finds herself falling for.

Unfortunately for her it doesn’t last long, as Justin somehow manages to get himself murdered before their third date. Lindy is understandably miffed, and is keen to track down whoever is responsible for getting in the way of her possible happiness, and unleash some of her anger towards them in the process.

Jolt is a title that is desperate for you to be entertained by it. It has that puppy dog energy about it as it licks your face incessantly wanting to be loved. In doing so however, it’s way off the mark in every single way.

Certainly director Tanya Wexler manages to miss every single beat; from the goofy dialogue, to the overbearing set design, to a premise that actually makes no sense at all.

And then there’s Lindy; suffering as she does from an absurd condition where she gets a semi-Hulk on every time she gets angry. Even if you buy into that, Lindy, who’s only other known job was a bouncer, suddenly possesses the abilities of a detective, as she investigates the murder of her could-have-been beau.

And if you need an example of how unconvincing it all is, you only have to go as far as Beckinsale’s performance, who looks ill at ease throughout.

And although it’s an Amazon Prime production, it feels that even Amazon themselves didn’t have a lot of faith in the project, as there clearly wasn’t much of a budget. The film supposedly takes place in the US, but many of its exterior shots are so obviously London, so much so that Beckinsale might as well have been getting about in a black cab. Not that she would have gone far, as the production obviously didn’t have enough cash for multiple locales; there is one exterior street locale in a studio that features so heavily throughout (you have never seen a character arrive and leave their apartment so many times within one film) that it should get an acting credit all of its own.

Considering how crowded the current landscape is with super heroic characters, you really need something unique to stand out, and an angry Beckinsale just doesn’t cut it.

It may be a film eager to please, but sadly Jolt is shockingly bad and has as much spark as a flat battery.