Film Review – Killer Heat

“Killer Heat” is an adaptation of a 2021 short story by author Jo Nesbo, the Norwegian writer behind the popular Harry Hole crime novels. Screenwriters Matt Charman and Roberto Bentivegna have the creative challenge of turning a brief tale of suspicion and investigation into a story worth a feature-length exploration. It’s not an easy task with this material, as thrills and chills are limited in a tale that’s mostly interested in limp confrontations and uneventful dialogue. “Killer Heat” strives to summon a noir mood with its study of potential murder and simmering jealousy, but there’s not much to dig into with this flat endeavor. Director Philippe Lacote doesn’t push the urgency of the central mystery, and performances are limited, dealing with uninspired casting. But hey, everyone gets a paid vacation to Greece here, and that seems to be the primary goal of the offering, as locations are often more appealing than the story. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com