Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Film myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The last time a streamer had a dystopian hit, Netflix turned Squid Game into an actual reality show. Jeff Bezos will no doubt be watching closely should the same success greet Jackpot!, a wilfully flippant black comedy backed by Amazon. The movie stars Awkwafina and John Cena, each an affable presence in the Los Angeles of 2030. Recent years have not been kind to the US, where economic collapse has given rise to a popular new lottery. The USP is simple (relatively). Once the winner is announced, everyone else has until sunset to find them, kill them and claim their prize.A different movie would turn that high concept into dark social comment. Director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) instead whips up a dayglo melee of axe battles, absurdist pop culture references and countless blows to many testicles.The result is passably funny at least some of the time, even if that time is twice as long as it needed to be. For all the sociopolitical slapstick, the best of the movie is its broad satire of life in the lowest foothills of Hollywood, filled with creepy casting directors, cut-throat auditions and showbiz parents. In other words: the same dystopia LA has always been.★★★☆☆On Amazon Prime from August 15
