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Besides the disappointing plot with holes and rushed scenes filled with skipped cutscenes to get straight to the point this movie gives you nothing to enjoy. The characters are following netflix type of enforced race dominance. Strong female black characters, evil white people, confused white old rich person. White girl is evil and manipulative. Black girl is innocent and naive. Movie starts out very boring and nothing happens in first hour. Then we get rushed action and it explains the plot retrospective as if we the audience are at fault for not noticing. Ending disappointing, cheesy cliche and predictive. Good guys win, bad guys lose followed by the worst cheesy ending line given ever. Besides the horrible monotone acting from almost all actors, camera angles levels of a TV movie and repetitive scenes enforcing a non existent plot this could have been a TV movie you get for free or bonus on HBO. Not a full fledged movie. Even Netflix makes better movies than this. I am not even gonna mention how cringy and unprofessional it was to completely cut the romantic scenes and then replay the same scenes after a short chat scene and repeating the cutting out part again. Either you do a full fledged romance scene or dont bother. This is literally High School level of Directing of B rank unknown Directors.

If you'll pardon the obvious pun here, the chemistry between the two leads sizzles. Merritt Patterson, a Hallmark / GAC Family regular steps well away from those G-rated made-for-television movies in this role, where she is definitely at her most beautiful and beguiling. As is Kat Graham, who I haven't seen in anything before. Graham plays Claire, who embarks on an affair with a mysterious woman (Patterson) called Eve who appears out of the blue at her apartment building, only to find out that she is the much-younger wife of her boss, played by Sebastian Roche. There are lots of scenes between Claire and Eve that are very easy on the eye, if you get my drift. Oh, and there is a lot going on under the surface, and suddenly she is in a fight for her life. The plot twists towards the back end of the film are a little unbelievable, but there is enough tension to keep things interesting, even if it's fair to say that this sort of movie has been done plenty of times before, and probably better all around. But not with Merritt Patterson, and there is enough of her to keep me interested. This is a huge step away from her 'girl next door' persona in the Hallmark/GAC Family world. Can't wait to see what she does next.

So bad it might be good? It has so many pinch points of terrible dialogue delivered so earnestly that it in itself was entertaining. The plot is mind blowing. And the delivery of the plot in the last five minutes will have you out if your seat, potentially to leave and not actually watch the ending, but I felt I owed it to the people who worked on this to make it to the credits. I can't decide which cringey character I like the most but I think the one that deserves the gold medal is the refreshingly stereotypical tired run down cop, 60 years on the beat cracking cases but with this one case that haunts him burning his soul in such a moody dark fog that he tries to deny with jovial happy questions and form a bond with potentially serious criminals he has just met. Also for his propensity to call his other stereotype partner who he just often calls partner and shouts at in a lethal weapon fashion but with lines more akin to a hallmark movie. Try watch it as an exercise in patience and you may enjoy the cheese of different flavours, they do their best in this film but the dialogue is just hilarious.

Claire Valens has always been driven to succeed. At an early age, she lost her parents and sister in a tragic fire, due to a slacker of a slum landlord. She got her comeuppance in torching the building. Having learned to play with fire when she is young, the pattern continues for Claire into adulthood. "Heatwave" was successful in recycling many of the techniques of film noir: a torrid romance, greedy businessmen, good cop/bad cop, jealousy, deceit, scheming, and revenge. At the center of it all was Claire Valens. The most sizzling of the character relationships was that of Claire and Genevieve (Eve) Crane, the wife of the business magnate Scott Crane. Claire idolizes Scott, who is her new employer. But Claire was unaware when she started her relationship with Eve that her lover was married to her boss. Slowly, Claire comes to realize that she is being set up. The filmmakers achieved a dynamic style through interesting locations, set-ups, and camera angles. There was also a strong kinetic pattern to the film with Claire, a skilled kick-boxer, constantly in motion. The film was well cast with an exceptional performance by the actress playing Claire, a force of nature who refused to be stopped despite all adversity. With slick dialogue and a well-crafted narrative structure, "Heatwave" is bound to engage the mind and raise the temperature of any viewer.

The actors did a good job given the fact that this is a mediocre movie. I found so many flaws in the story which was the worst part. Is it predictable? Yes, but the director tried hard to make it different by adding unknown events from the past of two characters which added additional flaws in my opinion. In general, watchable.

I thought it will be some kind of a thriller but it is not, putting a melodramtic and tension music along the secenes doesnt make it a thriller. Acting not so good and script is below average i think. Maby il give it another chance if i really had nothing to see.