“High Heat” is a hoot. Though it may sound in synopsis like standard-issue genre fare suitable for quick-serve consumption on digital and streaming platforms, this satisfying mashup of crime thriller and dark comedy plays almost like a wink-and-a-nod sendup of such cookie-cutter time-killers. Indeed, director Zach Golden and scripter James Pedersen go so far as to deliberately emphasize the telltale sign of a budget-cramped indie production — almost all of the action unfolds in only two settings, a restaurant and a parking garage — while lacing clichés and conventions with self-aware wit and sass in a briskly paced package. Better still, it appears that everyone on-screen was let in on the joke — but nobody takes that knowledge as license to break character or even dent the fourth wall.
The movie engages right from the start, with composer Max Di Carlo’s zippy opening theme underscoring a colorfully retro credits sequence (by Danny Oakley...
The movie engages right from the start, with composer Max Di Carlo’s zippy opening theme underscoring a colorfully retro credits sequence (by Danny Oakley...
- 12/16/2022
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Saban Films has picked up world rights on Zach Golden’s action-comedy High Heat and will release later this year.
The pic stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). It takes place over a single night and follows Ana (Kurylenko), a meticulous chef with a hidden past, and her husband Ray (Johnson), a schmoozy serial restaurateur. When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant as part of an insurance scam, Ana defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
Based on a script by James Pedersen, the project was produced by by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Jesse Korman of Yale Entertainment, and Zola Elgart Glassman.
Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films with Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman for Yale Entertainment.
The pic stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). It takes place over a single night and follows Ana (Kurylenko), a meticulous chef with a hidden past, and her husband Ray (Johnson), a schmoozy serial restaurateur. When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant as part of an insurance scam, Ana defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
Based on a script by James Pedersen, the project was produced by by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Jesse Korman of Yale Entertainment, and Zola Elgart Glassman.
Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films with Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman for Yale Entertainment.
- 3/1/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Olga Kurylenko and Don Johnson will star in High Heat, an action comedy heist film directed by Zach Golden (The Escape of Prisoner 614). The pic, which is being produced by Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman along with Jesse Korman and Zola Elgart Glassman of Yale Productions, just wrapped shooting.
Written by James Pedersen, the story takes place over a single night and follows Ana (Kurylenko), a meticulous chef with a hidden past, and her husband Ray (Johnson), a schmoozy serial restaurateur. When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant as part of an insurance scam, Ana defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
Michael J. Rothstein is executive producing along with Matt Helderman and Luke Taylor of Bondit, Jason Kringstein, Scott Levenson, Lee Broda, Joel Michaely, Gregory & Anne Ruden, Stephen Katzman, Richard Switzer, Tyler Konney, Megan Kelleher & Jeffrey B Larson,...
Written by James Pedersen, the story takes place over a single night and follows Ana (Kurylenko), a meticulous chef with a hidden past, and her husband Ray (Johnson), a schmoozy serial restaurateur. When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant as part of an insurance scam, Ana defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
Michael J. Rothstein is executive producing along with Matt Helderman and Luke Taylor of Bondit, Jason Kringstein, Scott Levenson, Lee Broda, Joel Michaely, Gregory & Anne Ruden, Stephen Katzman, Richard Switzer, Tyler Konney, Megan Kelleher & Jeffrey B Larson,...
- 10/19/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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