Java Heat 2013

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: A better title for "Java Heat" might have been "Java Noise," since that is mostly what this uninvolving action film produces. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: 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. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: An action movie for people who don't mind cliched plotting, lame dialogue, and the low-wattage charisma of third-string Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: This otherwise generic '80s-style actioner benefits from the presence of the ever-colorful Mickey Rourke as an exotic villian. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times: 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. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Remember all those years when Mickey Rourke was languishing in cheap, straight-to-DVD work that paid his rent and wasted his talents? Apparently, he actually enjoyed making those movies. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: 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. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: Java Heat's title refers not to hot coffee but to the Indonesian island, though caffeine is certainly recommended to make it through this tepid buddy-cop action flick. Read more