‘High Heat Review: Kinetic Mayhem And Dark Comedy Make For A Satisfying BMovie Goulash
"High fever" is the cry. While standard genre fare generally seems good for a quick viewing on digital and streaming platforms, this satisfying mix of thriller, crime and black comedy is almost wink-wink-wink-wink-wink. In fact, director Zach Golden and screenwriter James Pedersen go so far as to celebrate the hallmark of a low-budget indie production; almost all the action takes place in just two shots: the restaurant and the parking lot. - while mixing clichés and conventions. A quick breakup with a modest intelligence. Even better, it looks like everyone on screen has been told the joke, but no one takes that information as permission to break character or even break the fourth wall.
The film is mesmerizing from the start, with composer Max DiCarlo's lively opening theme set to a colorful retro title sequence (Danny Oakley and Out of Our Minds Studios) that actually makes it possible to sit through. An endless list of executive producers. From there, we descend into barely controlled chaos in the kitchen at Etoile Rouge's opening night, as chef and co-owner Anna Abramova (Olga Kurylenko) garnishes orders with a salad that's more filling (but less noisy) than Gordon Ramsay's. At the entrance, visitors are greeted with dazzling smiles, cheerful charm and "empty appetite". Ray, Anna's husband and partner, played by Don Johnson in Silver Fox mode.
The grand opening follows Dom's (Dallas Page) son Mickey (Evan Martin) on a path to success until the arrival of a mobster who invests in the first ventures to bring Ray back. This time, Dom came up with a plan to burn down the insurance place to ensure that the $1.3 million he gave Ray to finance Red Star was returned quickly.
Of course, Ray didn't say anything about his demanding investor, Anna, who, oddly enough, never once asked her husband where he got the initial money to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant. the world Again, every husband and wife keeps a secret, right? It turns out that Anna has a fairly simple skeleton in her closet. he is a retired KGB agent trained to inflict grievous bodily harm with anything from an assault rifle to a handful of celery sticks. Mick and Don are in the parking lot across the street. The more vassals sent to stoke the fire, the worse it gets for Red Star, the more corpses.
Rest assured, there are plenty of good laughs in between (and often) the crude outbursts. Dom barely hides his deep disappointment in his son. “It shouldn't have been hard, Mick. That's why I sent you to deal with him.'' Independent killers, even when fending off repeated attacks. Upstairs in their restaurant, Anna and Ray spend time arguing like a traditional married couple. He: - It is not surprising that you have been divorced twice. He says. "A little below the belt, isn't it?" However, Ray insists that he will stand by his wife and their restaurant despite all their setbacks. change," he says, "I will not be one of them.
Speaking of couples, Mimi (Caitlin Dubday), Anna's KGB-era nemesis, and Tom (Chris Diamantopoulos), a skilled sniper and incredibly patient husband, have the funniest moments. When they go to the Red Star to support and/or kill Anna, they take their terrifying "glow" twins (Bianca d'Ambrosio, Chiara d'Ambrosio) with them because they were unsupervised hosts the last time they left the girls home alone. . party.
It would be unfair to reveal how things went for any of the aforementioned, or Gary (Jackie Long), a high-end masseuse who was shaken by being caught in the crossfire. Let's just leave it at that. Heatwave is a movie where almost everyone knows exactly what's going on. Well, unless someone says something rude about the obvious age gap between Anna and Ray. This is relatively easy to do.
