Blink Twice begins with an apology. Frida (Naomi Ackie) is watching disgraced tech CEO Slater King (Channing Tatum) express remorse in an interview for his past actions. We never learn what transgressions he committed, but Tatum nails the performatively humble delivery and therapy-speak of the celebrity mea culpa. He has established a charitable foundation in his name and will retreat to his private island for reflection, although Zoë Kravitz’s film is the product of a post-Epstein world, where billionaires retreating to private islands will surely raise suspicious eyebrows.
