Java Heat

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Java Heat
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U.S. movie poster
Directed by Conor Allyn
Written by Rob Allyn
Produced by
  • Conor Allyn
  • Rob Allyn
  • Seth Baron
Starring
CinematographyShane Daly
Edited byHarvey Rosenstock
Music by Justin Caine Burnett
Distributed by IFC Films
IM Global
Release dates
  • April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18)(Indonesia) [1]
  • May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)(United States) [2]
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Indonesia
LanguagesEnglish
Indonesian
Budget$15 million [3]
Box office$189,739 [4]

Java Heat is a 2013 American-Indonesian action film. Directed by Conor Allyn, the film stars Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu and Atiqah Hasiholan.

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Plot

A suicide bomber detonates himself at a party in Java, Indonesia, and a Javanese Sultan's daughter, Sultana (Atiqah Hasiholan), is believed to be one of the unidentified victims. Jake Travers (Kellan Lutz), an American posing as a graduate student from Cornell University, was at the scene of the blast and is held as a witness by a police detective of Detachment 88, Lieutenant Hashim (Ario Bayu).

After interviewing Jake at the crime scene, Hashim and Jake are attacked by terrorists led by Malik (Mickey Rourke) and his henchman Achmed. Jake saves Hashim and kills two terrorists, but Achmed manages to escape. Hashim becomes suspicious after he observes Jake's combat skills. Jake and Hashim are brought to the hospital where Hashim's wife meets Jake. At Hashim's wife's insistence, Hashim invites Jake to their house for breakfast. At the house, Hashim tells Jake that he ran a background check on him through Interpol. Jake tells Hashim he is an FBI agent conducting an undercover investigation, and suggests they cooperate with one another.

Returning to his apartment, Jake faxes to a friend stateside a photo of a tattoo from the corpse believed to be Sultana's. Jake's friend informs him that the tattoo is typically used by Chinese high-class prostitutes, which confirms Jake's suspicion that the body is not Sultana's.

Jake follows a lead to a night club, where he brings home a prostitute bearing a similar tattoo. When the prostitute cooperates with Jake, they are ambushed by Hashim's terrorists and a Chinese gang operating the prostitution ring. The police, who had been covertly surveilling Jake, intervene and suffer casualties in the fight. Jake flees the scene, but the police eventually capture him.

Hashim arrives home and discovers his family is kidnapped. Malik calls Hashim on a cell phone left at the house and taunts him. Hashim visits the police station, where he observes two U.S. Marines officers talking to his superior. Hashim confronts Jake again about his identity. Jake admits he is not FBI, but a Marine who is tracking terrorist activities because his comrades were killed by bombs from Malik's terrorist group. Jake then suggests that Hashim cooperate with him to find his family. Jake later confesses to Hashim that the terrorists also killed his brother.

Suspecting that Sultana was actually kidnapped rather than killed, Jake and Hashim meet the Sultan, who oddly avoids discussing the matter in front of his vizier. The Sultan then slips Hashim a secret message requesting a private meeting. Later the Sultan meets Hashim and confides to him that Sultana was kidnapped and his throne is the ransom. The Sultan suspects his vizier is behind the plot. The vizier, however, learns about the meeting and a shoot-out ensues. Hashim and Jake manage to escape, but the Sultan is fatally wounded.

Hashim and Jake intercept the vizier and his men at a bank as they are carting off the Sultan's royal jewelry. Hashim and Jake hide in a spa when Malik calls Hashim and threatens them. Hashim discovers Malik had intercepted his phone to reveal their location. Malik, who is outside, attacks Hashim and Jake with an RPG. In the ensuing chaos, Jake manages to save a royal jewel. As it turns out, Hashim's family is held captive in a van, and Malik and Achmed argue whether or not to set them free. In rage, Malik stabs Achmed. Disguised as paramedics, Jake and Hashim flee the site in an ambulance with a wounded Achmed inside. Before he dies, Achmed reveals where Hashim's family is being held captive.

Jake and Hashim chase Malik through a Vesak ceremony at Borobudur temple. They rescue Sultana and Hashim's family from Malik, and subsequently kill him. Jake secretly switches the jewel held by Malik with the one in his possession.

Jake is at the airport where he returns the jewelry to Sultana, as Hashim watches. Jake then boards the plane to face a Court Martial in the U.S.

Cast

Production

On October 28, The Jakarta Post revealed that Mickey Rourke, Tio Pakusadewo, Atiqah Hasiholan and Frans Tumbuan had all been selected to appear in the film. [5] The film location mainly took place in Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia. The scenes were filmed at some notable landmarks, such as Borobudur and Sewu temple, Taman Sari underground corridors, Tugu monument and the Yogyakarta Sultan's Palace.

The film was screened at the Dallas International Film Festival on April 4, 2013 [6] then at the Taormina Film Fest on June 15–22. [7]

Reception

Box office

Java Heat has grossed $1,061 in the United States and Canada, and $188,678 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $189,739, [4] against a production budget of $15 million. [3]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 8% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 3.3/10. [8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [9]

Resty Woro Yuniar of Wall Street Journal: Southeast Asia gave the film three and a half stars out of 5, writing "while the plot is predictable, the movie does give a viewer a good feel [of Indonesia]" and notes "the movie does a fairly good job of capturing Indonesian traditions." [7]

Jeff Bounds from Dallas Business Journal noted that the "lighting, the special effects, and the cinematography" looked like it came straight out of Hollywood rather than Indonesia. [10]

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References

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  4. 1 2 "Java Heat". Box Office Mojo . Amazon . Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tio to star alongside Mickey Rourke". The Jakarta Post. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  6. ↑ Faust, James. "Java Heat". 2013 Dallas International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  7. 1 2 Woro Yuniar, Resty (April 17, 2013). "Java Heat Gets Indonesia Right". blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime. The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved April 17, 2013.
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