Rotten
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.
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times
Overview
An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.
Director and cast
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8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The potential fun is all thoroughly undone, however, by an eye-roller of a script and a leaden lead performance from Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz.
Andrew Barker, Variety
Rotten
Lutz ... doesn't have half the charisma required to hold together this jumble of cheesy shootouts and chases, but at least Rourke provides some unintended laughs with his comical attempts to be evil.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
A better title for "Java Heat" might have been "Java Noise," since that is mostly what this uninvolving action film produces.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Rotten
This otherwise generic '80s-style actioner benefits from the presence of the ever-colorful Mickey Rourke as an exotic villian.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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