Name: Hot Seat
Genre: Thriller, Action
Released: 2022-07-01
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Mel Gibson, Shannen Doherty, Sam Asghari, Anna Harr

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No time to think. Nowhere to run. One chance to live.

An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.

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Directed by: James Cullen Bressack
Written by: Leon Langford, Collin Watts
Produced by: Randall Emmett, George Furla, James Cullen Bressack
Music by: Tim Jones

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Facts

July 1, 2022 · 1 h 39 min · R

Released: July 1, 2022
Runtime: 1 h 39 min
Age rating: R
Content: Violence, Strong Language
Genres: Thriller, Action
Original language: English
Made in: United Kingdom, United States
Available in: 93 countries

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In the United States, Hot Seat streams on Prime, YouTube TV, and MovieSphere+, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, and Fawesome. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, and Plex. It also streams in 60 other countries.

Is Hot Seat worth watching?

23

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Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 23 (IMDb 4.3, Letterboxd 2.0 out of 5, and Rotten Tomatoes 17%). Audiences rate it higher (33 out of 100) than critics (17).

Is Hot Seat plot-driven or character-driven?

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Mostly plot-driven: intrigue (7 of 10) and mystery (7 of 10) carry it more than its characters do.