A mysterious billionaire business mogul decides to adopt a Eastern European war orphan that he can raise to be his heir. The kid grows up to be kind of a jerk, though, who doesn’t want anything to do with his father’s power or wealth. Then the old man is murdered and the kid comes back to get his revenge on the man who killed him. Sounds pretty predictable, but it’s actually amazing what director Jerome Salle and leading man Tomer Sisley do with it. The Heir Apparent is a nonstop thrill ride that avoids the usual action movie clichés to bring something fresh and original to the screen. Sisley also makes a brilliant move by casting Kristen Scott Thomas as the frigid ice queen who runs the company when the mogul dies and is reluctant to turn over control to the heir.
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