Heatstroke

Heatstroke

5.1IMDb Score
Released:2013-12-19
Genre:Thriller
Duration:92 min
Country:South Africa
Director:Evelyn Purcell
Actors:Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, Maisie Williams, Peter Stormare, Andrew Roux
Production:Bold Films

Overview:

On a family trip in the African desert, a research scientist unintentionally travels off course and is brutally murdered by an arms dealer. His girlfriend is put to the ultimate survival test as she attempts to evade the killers and protect his teenage daughter.

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