The Steam Experiment (2009)

A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.

Director:

Philippe Martinez

Writer:

Robert Malkani

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts

Cast

Credited cast:
Val Kilmer	...	Jimmy
Armand Assante	...	Detective Mancini
Eric Roberts	...	Grant
Megan Brown	...	Catherine
Patrick Muldoon	...	Christopher
Cordelia Reynolds	...	Margaret
Eve Mauro	...	Jessie
Quinn Duffy	...	Frank
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Alchin	...	Lt. Clark
Mark Bonto	...	Newspaper Comedy Writer
Eileen Briesch	...	Press Staff 1
James Cantrell	...	Orderly
Carrie Drazek	...	Nurse in Hospital
Julianne Howe-Bouwens	...	Officer Briggs
Mike Karpus	...	Press Staff 3

Storyline

A former professor concocts a brutal experiment in order to get the word out on the effects of global warming. By trapping six people in an urban Turkish bathhouse, he vows to overheat his hostages unless his global-warming hypothesis is published on the front page of his local paper.

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Plot Keywords:

global warming | hostage | bare chested man | man carries a woman | woman wears a bikini | 

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Taglines:

Chaos begins when the heat rises...

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Grant: This is a *nice* hotel.
Jimmy: Yep. Built in the 1900s by a railroad tycoon for his wife. She was a socialite. Had a lot of friends, liked to entertain.
Grant: Is that a fact.
Jimmy: Yep. Then she died after World War II and was closed for many years. Then a corporation bought it, and now it's being turned into luxury condos.
Grant: Luxury condos... So that's why it's empty, huh?
Jimmy: Yep. Well I'll tell you the truth, Grant, we are the last guests. I bribed the management. They're going to start renovation on Monday.
Grant: I...
[...]

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Connections

References The Sopranos (1999)

User Reviews

Chaos

I rent DVD's to pass the time on airplanes. Sadly, staring out at the clouds would have been better entertainment than this. I am not the best movie critic....I don't want to have to go back to college to figure out what a movie is about. In this Chaos, I didn't know if I was watching a psycho describe an event in real time, a past event, or a delusion that was only in his mind. This reminds me of Jacob's Ladder.....you never really knew what you were watching. The slow motion scenes in the spa were disjointed, and painfully slow to get through. If there was any sense at all of hot, sweaty panic, it was lost with the switching back to a particularly unappealing Val Kilmer sitting at an empty table staring into space. Finally, the ending was exactly the sort of finish I hate. You can guess and make presumptions, but you really have absolutely no idea what you just watched.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Chaos Experiment

Filming Locations:

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Genius Productions, Cinepro Pictures, Indalo Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1