Java Heat (2013)

A Muslim detective teams with an American posing as a graduate student to find the man behind a series of deadly terrorist bombings in Indonesia.

Director:

Conor Allyn

Writers:

Conor Allyn (screenplay), Rob Allyn (screenplay)

Stars:

Kellan Lutz, Verdi Solaiman, Mickey Rourke

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kellan Lutz	...	Jake Wilde
Ario Bayu	...	Lieutenant Hashim
Mickey Rourke	...	Malik
Verdi Solaiman	...	Ling
Frans Tumbuan	...	General Sriyono
Tio Pakusadewo	...	Vizier (as Tio Pakusodewo)
Atiqah Hasiholan	...	Sultana
Mike Lucock	...	Achmed (as Mike Muliadro)
Rio Dewanto	...	Anton
Astri Nurdin	...	Vitria
T. Rifnu Wikana	...	Captain Agus
Rudy Wowor	...	Sultan
Uli Auliani	...	Rani
Mike Duncan	...	Baron (as Michael John Duncan)
Kayla Kamala Garin	...	Ade

Storyline

Story centers on the aftermath of a suicide bombing in Indonesia, where a reckless American posing as a grad student is bent on vengeance but quickly finds that the world's problems can't be solved with violence alone. A mysterious American Marine/FBI agent Jake Travers (Kellan Lutz) teams with a Muslim cop Hashim (Ario Bayu) to hunt down a dangerous international jewel thief Malik (Mickey Rourke) who kidnaps a Sultan's daughter Sultana (Atiqah Hasiholan) in a plot to steal the royal treasury: exotic intrigue amid ancient palaces, mosques, temples, subterranean labyrinths and stone pyramids in the heart of Java.

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Plot Keywords:

java | kidnapping | male rear nudity | homosexual | gay | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout, language and sexual references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Indonesian

Release Date:

9 May 2013 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Golpe en Java

Filming Locations:

Indonesia

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Margate House Films,Margate House

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film reunites Indonesian actors Rudy Wowor (Sultan) and Tio Pakusadewo (Vizier) who previously worked in Quickie Express (2007) in which Wowor played a closeted gangster and Pakusadewo as his envious lover.

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Goofs

After their car is hit by the terrorist's SUV, Jake takes more than 20 continuous shots at the terrorist with Hashim's gun without reloading.

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Quotes

Hashim: You have heard of us in America. We're not all terrorists.

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Connections

References Twilight (2008)

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Soundtracks

Chevy Six
Written by Justin Burnett and Allison Beal
Vocals Performed by Allison Beal

User Reviews

(Java) Heat is on

I guess I was expecting some really lame b-action movie and I got a pretty exciting one instead. Not complaining mind you. Quite the opposite, the main actor here does fulfill everything a main character of such a movie has to do and/or be. It's not only his physique that is right, but also his presence. His relationship with another character tries to do something and might fail here and there, but it's still accomplishes a lot of things, story-wise.

Of course it is not so much the story (or any message, if you want to read one into it), that will make or break the movie, but the action. While I like Rourke, he does seem a bit stale playing this role. It's a shame, a better villain, would have also been a better movie. As it is, it is decent and worth a watch