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| Directed by | James Cullen Bressack |
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| Cinematography | Bryan Koss |
| Edited by | R.J. Cooper |
| Music by | Timothy Stuart Jones |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $68,798 |
Hot Seat is a 2022 American action-thriller film directed and produced by James Cullen Bressack. It stars Kevin Dillon and Mel Gibson.
An anonymous criminal plants a bomb under the chair of an ex-hacker, and forces him to break into high-level banking institutions.
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Hot Seat is an action-thriller written by Collin Watts and Leon Langford. It is part of a long-term partnership between Grindstone Entertainment (a subsidiary of Lionsgate Films) and Emmett/Furla Oasis. The film was announced on October 15, 2021, as the third collaboration between actor Mel Gibson and producers Randall Emmett and George Furla. [1] Filming took place in Las Cruces, New Mexico. [2]
The film was released in select theaters, digital, and on demand on July 1, 2022. [3]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 17% of 18 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.5/10. [4]
Hot Seat, in its limited theatrical release, grossed $68,798 at the box office. [5]
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