JACKPOT! (2024)
Scroll down to Watch Full MovieAwkwafina as Katie
John Cena as Noel
Ayden Mayeri as Shadi
Donald Elise Watkins as DJ Donald
Sam Asghari as Senior Agent Ash
Colson Baker as himself
Simu Liu as Louis Lewis
Seann William Scott as rugged man
Marian Green as lunch lady
Rosanna Scotto as news anchor
Dolly de Leon as Grandma Tala
Murray Hill as Johnny Grand
Becky Ann Baker as sweet Irene
Adam Ray as asshole dad
Monique Ganderton as Agent Hoyt
Bobby Lee as himself
Leslie David Baker as Earl the Fameland Guard
Jackpot! is a 2024 American action
comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Rob Yescombe.
The film stars Awkwafina, John Cena, Ayden Mayeri, Donald Elise
Watkins, Sam Asghari, and Simu Liu. The film follows Katie
(Awkwafina), a former child actor who wins a $3.6 billion lottery and must fend
off people trying to kill her in a future version of California.
Plot
By 2030, the financially desperate government of California creates
the deadly Grand Lottery: each Lottery Day, the randomly selected winner must
survive until sundown; anyone with a losing ticket can kill the winner to claim
the multi-million dollar prize instead, but no one may use guns.
Former child actor Katie Kim arrives in Los Angeles with
hopes of reentering show business, unaware of the Lottery and its record $3.6
billion jackpot. Renting an AirBNB room from money-hungry Shadi and
her boyfriend DJ, Katie attends a disappointing audition, and inadvertently
enters and wins the Lottery.
Attacked on sight by everyone around her, Katie is soon
found by Noel Cassidy, a freelance Lottery protection agent who offers his
services in exchange for ten percent of her winnings. Fighting off dozens of
Katie's murderous "fans" using non-lethal means, Noel and Katie
escape in his car, and he explains that a drone tracking Katie will post her
location every 14 minutes, but she can officially quit the Lottery by reaching
the Grapevine on the outskirts of the city.
Unwilling to trust Noel, Katie realizes that even the police
want to kill her and flees on foot. A sympathetic security guard lets her hide
inside a wax museum, but a phone call from Shadi leads her and DJ to Katie’s
location. She escapes and is rescued by Noel, pursued by Shadi, DJ, and a
sightseeing bus full of tourists.
Driving to MGK’s mansion, they commandeer his panic
room, shooting him with tranquilizer darts, and Noel assures Katie of his
commitment to helping her. Shadi coerces MGK to give up the panic room’s
passcode, forcing Noel to call in a favor with the Lewis Protection Agency.
Before the mob can break in, the LPA short-circuits their phones and drives
Katie and Noel to safety.
At LPA’s high-tech facility, Katie meets Louis Lewis, the
head of the agency, who agrees to protect her in exchange for the LPA and Noel
each receiving thirty percent of the prize money. Noel reveals that he and
Louis are the sole survivors of a team of mercenaries, and Noel uses his
protection earnings to support the families of their fallen comrades.
Katie is given an elaborate prosthetic disguise and prepares
to be driven to safety, but Noel suspects that the LPA has been murdering their
clients, keeping the winners anonymous and claiming their winnings. He allows
the crowd of “fans” into the facility, allowing Katie to drive away alone, and
is captured by Louis.
Before Katie can reach the Grapevine, Louis calls,
threatening to kill Noel unless she surrenders. Louis brings Noel to an
abandoned theater, admitting that he killed their fellow mercenaries to keep a
stash of gold for himself. Katie arrives and forces Louis to spare Noel by
threatening to kill herself and forfeit the jackpot, livestreaming on her phone
as proof.
The livestream summons Katie’s “fans”, and she and Noel
fight off the mob and the LPA. Cornered by Louis high above the stage, Katie
manages to kill him with his own grenades, but falls from the scaffolding.
However, she is caught by a crowd of genuine fans who have arrived to help,
just as the Lottery deadline runs out. She and Noel celebrate her victory.
Six months later, Katie and Noel have used her prize money
to open a variety of businesses and non-profits, including their own protection
agency that guards Lottery winners for free. Mid-credits scenes reveal that
they have bought a superyacht, acknowledging that money has changed them,
while MGK orders an improved panic room and more darts, and the Grand Lottery
prepares to expand across the country.
