At a time when relations between the West and Islam are dangerously tense, Java Heat opens amidst the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation. Java Heat centers ...

Kellan Lutz (Twilight, Immortals) and Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Winner Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Immortals, Iron Man 2) star in Java Heat: an exotic cross-cultural action thriller ...

Java Heat is an action movie for serious action movie buffs. Neither outrageous nor self-conscious, it looks and moves like any number of good late-’80s/early ...

Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke square off in this Indonesian-set action movie. By THR Staff His recent Oscar nomination notwithstanding, Mickey Rourke’s unfortunately grotesque current appearance seems ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

For the past several years, a combination of my secretive hipster nature and my desire to be a 40-something female writer has made 30 Rock my favorite show on TV. But lately, with the emergence of ...

“Java Heat” is a good-looking thriller made of rickshaws and machine guns, with Mickey Rourke as a French villain and “Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz a hyper-buff art student who isn’t everything he ...

Unfortunately, this silencer didn’t work on Mickey Rourke’s dialogue. Mickey Rourke has had an interesting career. He was an A-list actor in the ‘80s, doing movies like 9 ½ Weeks, Angel Heart, The ...