“You have to enjoy life, even when you're on the edge of disaster,” says a bemused Georgian in this colorful, funny documentary about the acquisition of the former Soviet Republic's electrical utility by an American multinational corporation. Having received their electricity free from the state, most Georgians aren't quite ready to pay for it now, especially when bills suddenly come to about half their income. Customers are even less inclined to pay when their money goes to a conglomerate based in Virginia. Rate hikes, crackdowns on homemade wiring systems, and power cutoffs lead to protests and riots, while political corruption and criminal gangs further electrify the situation, turning one American endeavor into a very, very complicated power trip indeed. Director Paul Devlin captures both sides of the story, chronicling the attempts by ordinary and extraordinary Georgians to deal with life “on the edge of disaster,” and of the Westerners trying their best to light up a country without having it burst into flames.