An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim’s powerful family.
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Film Cast:
- Leonides / Elias Vardakis: Richard Madden
- Nick Bali: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Penelope Vardakis: Shailene Woodley
- George Mensah: Babou Ceesay
- Audrey Vardakis: Clare Holman
- Monique: Abbey Lee
- Yiannis Dimitriou: Manos Gavras
- …: Argyris Gaganis
Film Crew:
- Stunt Double: Sarah Lochlan
- Director: Philippe Lacôte
- Executive Producer: Jo Nesbø
- Writer: Roberto Bentivegna
- Co-Writer: Matt Charman
- Producer: Brad Weston
- Executive Producer: Niclas Salomonsson
- Executive Producer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Executive Producer: Tom Karnowski
- Executive Producer: Collin Creighton
- Associate Producer: Óscar Montemayor
- Casting: Nathan Toth
- Art Direction: Anastasia Lamprou
- Set Decoration: Neil Floyd
- Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Zac Coyle
- Executive In Charge Of Production: Scott Foundas
- Second Assistant Director: Jeff Taylor
- Graphic Designer: Diana Dadaki
- Still Photographer: Patrick Redmond
- Stunt Double: Matthew Bell
Movie Reviews:
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- “Killer Heat holds a talented cast, but the movie ultimately gets lost in tedious, exposition-driven dialogue, a lack of genuine surprises, and over-the-top twists.
- The performances are competent but can’t save a formulaic adaptation that also fails to meaningfully explore its prominent theme of jealousy. A bland, easily forgettable murder mystery of just 95 minutes that… feels too long.
- Something clearly went wrong.”
- Rating: D-