Java Heat
IFC Films | Release Date: May 10, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 9, 2013
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. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 8, 2013
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. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonMay 16, 2013
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. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 5, 2013
A middling genre movie, but it's oddly likable for its conflicted, unresolved tension. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerMay 7, 2013
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. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMay 9, 2013
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. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithMay 9, 2013
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. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 10, 2013
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. Read full review
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