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- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 44 m
Summary An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.
Directed By: Conor Allyn
Written By: Rob Allyn, Conor Allyn
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2013
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 44 m
Java Heat
35
4.7
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Summary An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.
Directed By: Conor Allyn
Written By: Rob Allyn, Conor Allyn
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Mixed
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38% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Speaking his (Rourke) lines in an unintelligible accent that occasionally requires subtitles and wearing a white suit that never seems to get bloody even when he’s stabbing people to death, the actor brings an undeniably fascinating strangeness to the otherwise familiar proceedings.
Unfortunately, Java Heat is also an action movie for people who don’t mind clichéd plotting, lame dialogue, and the low-wattage charisma of third-string Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz.
The film's anthropological interest in Indonesia is the smartest thing in an otherwise familiar scramble of kidnapped babes, expensive jewelry and millions of bullets.
Java Heat's title refers not to hot coffee but to the Indonesian island, though caffeine is certainly recommended to make it through this tepid buddy-cop action flick.
The film, directed by Conor Allyn, is rarely more than a few minutes away from a gun battle or a tedious chase, and soon you cease to care who is shooting at, or running from, whom or why.
The terrorism thriller Java Heat sure is violent. I don’t even want to tell you how viciously Mickey Rourke mangles the French accent he’s trying to do.
It would be nice to say that Rourke, at least, offers a reason to see this junky thriller, about an American agent who gets involved in an Indonesian terrorist plot. But as entertaining as it is to watch him adopt a strange accent and swan around in sarongs as an eccentric jewel thief, it’s also a little depressing. The paycheck cannot possibly be worth it.
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User Score
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Based on 11 User Ratings
4.7
36% Positive
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