Directed by Conor Allyn, the film stars Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu and Atiqah Hasiholan.

A suicide bomber detonates himself at a party in Java, Indonesia, and a Javanese Sultan's daughter, Sultana (Atiqah Hasiholan), is believed to be one of the unidentified victims.

Jake Travers (Kellan Lutz), an American posing as a graduate student from Cornell University, was at the scene of the blast and is held as a witness by a police detective of Detachment 88, Lieutenant Hashim (Ario Bayu).

Returning to his apartment, Jake faxes to a friend stateside a photo of a tattoo from the corpse believed to be Sultana's.

Suspecting that Sultana was actually kidnapped rather than killed, Jake and Hashim meet the Sultan, who oddly avoids discussing the matter in front of his vizier.

Jake then boards the plane to face a Court Martial in the U.S. to face Charged with Possibly desertion from the Marine Duty and Murder of Malik On October 28, The Jakarta Post revealed that Mickey Rourke, Tio Pakusadewo, Atiqah Hasiholan and Frans Tumbuan had all been selected to appear in the film.

The scenes were filmed at some notable landmarks, such as Borobudur and Sewu temple, Taman Sari underground corridors, Tugu monument and the Yogyakarta Sultan's Palace.

[7] Java Heat has grossed $1,061 in the United States and Canada, and $188,678 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $189,739,[4] against a production budget of $15 million.

[9] Resty Woro Yuniar of Wall Street Journal: Southeast Asia gave the film three and a half stars out of 5, writing "while the plot is predictable, the movie does give a viewer a good feel [of Indonesia]" and notes "the movie does a fairly good job of capturing Indonesian traditions.

"[7] Jeff Bounds from Dallas Business Journal noted that the "lighting, the special effects, and the cinematography" looked like it came straight out of Hollywood rather than Indonesia.