2014 · action · drama · thriller
Swelter
Directed by Keith Parmer1h 36m2014
Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Our read: Swelter (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
Watching Swelter tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Swelter feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a desert crime thriller with amnesiac lawman, old heist crew, and Van Damme.”
Skip it tonight — You mind moderate nudity or slow-burn revenge stories in the heat.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Swelter, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →