FILM
JACKPOT!
★★★
OUT NOW (PRIME VIDEO) / CERT TBC / 104 MINS
DIRECTOR Paul Feig
CAST Awkwafina, John Cena, Simu Liu, Ayden Mayeri
After the misfiring Potter-esque fantasy The School For Good And Evil, Paul Feig is back on relatively solid ground with this straightforwardly enjoyable action comedy. Set in the very near future, it plays like a cross between The Purge and It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Aspiring actor Katie (Awkwafina) unwittingly finds herself the subject of a deadly lottery: whoever murders her will become a billionaire, leading to an enjoyably chaotic manhunt on the streets of Los Angeles. There is some light social commentary on late-stage capitalism and the desperation for a quick buck, but this is really just an opportunity for frenzied chase sequences and nicely staged set-pieces.