CrimeYear2020Duration1h 36mIMDb5.1

Simmer

CrimeDramaThriller

When Chef finds out his family will be deported if he doesn't pay government imposed fees, he turns to his boss who offers him an opportunity as a black market driver to earn the money.

Trailer

Cast

SV

Stefan van de Graaff

Director

NR

Nick Rush

Director

Marsuvio Sánchez

Chef Hernandez

Richard Keep

Willem Faust

Eliana Sua

Lulu

EW

Eric Wood

Michael

KE

Kelsie Elena

Kitchen Worker

Jess DelVizo

Kitchen Worker 1

Lorenzo Silva

Waiter

Lenni Uitto

Uber Driver

CE

Chris Eguizabal

Daniel Hernandez

MK

Mikaela Kester

Club Girl 2

DL

David Lassetter

Police Officer 1

Monica Lopez

Mama Hernandez

Oscar R. Sanchez

Gary

ZS

Zadik Sanchez

Kitchen Worker 2

Karina Segura

Gloria

Monica Moore Smith

Club Girl 1

TS

Travis Su'a

Rodrigo

IP

Ignacio Perez

Senor Lopez

JT

JR Thomas

Uber Driver

ZS

Zadik Sanchez

Kitchen Worker

Monica Lopez

Mama

EM

Elvia Martinez

Abuela

Karina Gale

Gloria

YH

Yuriana Hernandez

Senora Lopez

JT

JR Thomas

Kitchen Staff

MC

Michael Chappell

Kitchen Staff

XF

Xander Flores

Lopez Boy

Jess DelVizo

Kitchen Worker

SV

Stefan van de Graaff

Writer

NR

Nick Rush

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

Live Beyond The WallMay 29, 2023

source: Simmer

0.May 23, 2023

Chef Hernandez (Marsuvio Sanchez ) takes a job for William Faust (Richard Keep) at an upscale restaurant. He is legal, but his brother and parents are not. ICE is coming to his neighborhood. Chef needs $60,000 to keep them in the country, something I didn't know you could do. Faust offers Chef and after hours job delivering vehicles with questionable trunk content. Seriously. If someone offers your $20,000 to drive a car across town, you should know there is something illegal about it. Shut up and never look in the trunk. Richard Keep had that "Hans Gruber" feel to him. I really never knew Chef as he speaks Spanish half the time. This is a low action low thrills, action-thriller. Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

classic BøyMay 23, 2023

The acting is stilted, the lead specially has a weird way to show emotions. The music is really over the top with trying to make things tense, like for example at the beginning abuelita gives the lead a knife as a present and the music is full-on dramatic for some reason. It tries too hard with the neon look and the synth is just much worse than Drive. Plot was predictable, not sure how the lead didn't see it coming when everyone watching did.

Eliza GiovanniMay 23, 2023

I am SOOO incredibly biased here. I only started and finished this movie because the lead (Marsuvio Sánchez as "Chef") was so flipping hot. And it didn't help that he's in practically, if not ALL, scenes. But...the negatives were a little overwhelming. The plot is so incredibly simplistic and predictable and at one point, I thought this was a Christian-based movie due to actual prayer/prayer time in the movie. Which, to be fair, most Christian-based movies use extremely toned-down scripts and have enormously predictable and stereotypical plots. But, that said, I wouldn't have been opposed to this being a Christian-based film and it would make sense due to the very obvious premise: A very good-hearted chef named Chef needs work and is given his dream-job despite his boss being so shady, he could be an albino. On his first day, the government magically allows illegal immigrants to stay in the country for a $20,000 fee and Chef's Mom and Grandparents who stay with him may be deported unless Chef can cough up sixty grand. Luckily, Chef's boss has the loot and a side "could it possibly be illegal?" car transporting gig. Chef has to decide if he should do the right thing or... I really should've hated this movie and I almost turned it off about half-way through. The acting is so wooden, the cooks barely cook, the dialogue and actions are very foretold, you can usually guess what the characters are about to say. BUUUUT...Damn you, Simmer, for making the lead so irresistible. LOL. Okay, I didn't just award this 5/10 stars for the lead. The movie's heart is in the right place and it's a nice story of people conflicted with their own morals. Plus, I LOVED the ending twist. It was probably a bit predictable as well, but I think I just gave up at that point guessing three scenes ahead. Honestly, because of the message, the actors giving their all and obvious amateur filmmakers' real, and successful, attempt at making the movie look like a big budget, Hollywood film, I would recommend it. I admire movies and filmmakers like these EVEN when the movie was written so substandardly. *** Final Thoughts: My alternative headline was "Simmer Down, Steve." And no, I didn't throughout this whole movie.

Sweety SirinaMay 23, 2023

I saw "Simmer" on YouTube 2 months ago -- I thought it was as good as any of Hitchcock's early movies. Bad guys were truly evil, and protagonist was clearly naive. And, the film dealt maturely with social issues of the day, and the villain got it with a true "surprise" ending. Even though I know one of the film-makers, I think I'm be fairly impartial. "Simmer" is a good film!!

Pratikshya_sen 🦋May 23, 2023

Saw this film during it's 2-week release stream. Engaging plot, well written script, fresh film. Definitely worth seeing.

Kwadwo Mensei DaMay 23, 2023

𝙎𝙪𝙜𝙖𝙧♥️Mar 13, 2023

source: Simmer

SelamMar 13, 2023

The acting is stilted, the lead specially has a weird way to show emotions. The music is really over the top with trying to make things tense, like for example at the beginning abuelita gives the lead a knife as a present and the music is full-on dramatic for some reason. It tries too hard with the neon look and the synth is just much worse than Drive. Plot was predictable, not sure how the lead didn't see it coming when everyone watching did.

MulMar 13, 2023

Saw this film during it's 2-week release stream. Engaging plot, well written script, fresh film. Definitely worth seeing.

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