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Robert Malkani (screenplay)
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Chaos begins when the heat rises...
Plot:
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Val Kilmer ... Jimmy

Armand Assante ... Detective Mancini

Eric Roberts ... Grant

Megan Brown ... Catherine

Patrick Muldoon ... Christopher

Cordelia Reynolds ... Margaret

Eve Mauro ... Jessie

Quinn Duffy ... Frank
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Doug Alchin ... Lt. Clark
Eileen Briesch ... Press Staff 1

Carrie Drazek ... Nurse in Hospital
Julianne Howe-Bouwens ... Officer Briggs
Mike Karpus ... Press Staff 3

Sarah Martinez ... Tara

Yvonne Misiak ... Nurse

Rick Robinson Jr. ... Walter Grubbs

Shelby Stehlin ... Ricky
Michael Travis ... Sam
Jana Veldheer ... Waitress
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Chaos Experiment (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
90 min (DVD)
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[first lines]
Grant: This is a *nice* hotel.
Jimmy: Yep. Built in the 1900s by a railroad tycoon for his wife. She was a socialite. Had a lot of friends, liked to entertain.
Grant: Is that a fact.
Jimmy: Yep. Then she died after World War II and was closed for many years. Then a corporation bought it, and now it's being turned into luxury condos.
Grant: Luxury condos... So that's why it's empty, huh?
Jimmy: Yep. Well I'll tell you the truth, Grant, we are the last guests. I bribed the management. They're going to start renovation on Monday.
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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Val vs Steam Room, 13 July 2009
4/10
Author: sipovic from Russian Federation

Unfortunately, this movie is a fail. Especially unfortunately because Val Kilmer acted awesome. This movie is separated on two parts - first happened in interview room where Kilmer is interrogated by Assante and second happened in the same time in the steam room between six other people. And as much I enjoyed really good Kilmer\Assante scenes as much I disliked steam room. Except cute steam effect and and yellow color of screen all rest there was very predictable for this genre - screaming, yelling and everybody went crazy one by one as usual. Boredom. And Eric Robert unfortunately dissolved among nameless actors there. Combining it with pretty ambiguous plot with very dissatisfying twist plot in the end this movie really hasn't a chance. Val Kilmer couldn't save it.

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