New film ‘Blink Twice’ explores the dark side of wealth and power

(**1/2)She sold her soul to the devil.& Now she wants it back.It was too good to be true. Frida (Naomi Ackie), a clumsy cocktail waitress at a classy fundraiser for rich folks eyes the main attraction. It’s tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum). Think Elon Musk, but handsome. They flirt. He seems attentive in a room full of women who are lusting after the richest catch they’ll ever find, if they can land him. It comes as a shock to the young woman, who can’t muster enough money for this month’s rent, when she and her equally poor roommate Jess (Ali Shawkat) are invited to King’s private island for an endless visit. “We’re going to my island for a few days. You guys want to come?” Think Jeffrey Epstein, but no one is underage.& The script by writer/first-time director Zoë Kravitz and co-writer E.T. Feigenbaum pairs the two up again, after they worked on the 2020 series High Fidelity. The setup fits the superficial desires of many young women who were raised on MTV and developed envious fantasies of a hard-partying lifestyle filled with permissive behavior, rich life wannabes and zero responsibility. That and the selfishness of the devious men...