The Power

Based on the 2016 best-selling novel of the same name, THE POWER tells the story of contemporary young women whose ability to conduct electricity threatens the balance of power throughout the world. Random teenagers like Allie (Halle Bush), a foster in a conservative and abusive family home, and Jos (Auli'i Cravalho), the daughter of Seattle mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez (Toni Collette), are secretly noticing that their bodies are changing in odd ways. They soon realize that they have the power to electrocute anything or anyone. Meanwhile, in London, Roxy Monge (Ria Zmitrowicz), the rejected daughter of a local gangster, discovers that she also has this power, while in Nigeria Tunde Ojo (Toheeb Jimoh) witnesses women conducting electricity with their hands. As social media quickly distributes evidence of the phenomenon around the world, governments attempt to keep it a secret and try to prevent women from using their electrical powers. But soon Margot begins to suspect that there's a connection between the rise of electricity-related accidents and what's being reported online. Once she and her husband Rob Lopez (John Leguizamo) learn that Jos has this ability, they want to know what's happening for the sake of their daughter and young women everywhere. What they learn will destabilize society as women throughout the world claim their right to be considered the stronger gender. But every decision they make has a consequence, and not necessarily a positive one.