The explosive thriller ‘Hot Seat’ stars Sam Asghari as a hot-headed cop

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In the pop culture world, "Hot Seat" has been a smoldering topic, but not because of its cast of Oscar winner Mel Gibson, Kevin Dillon and Shannen Doherty

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Sam Asghari, Britney Spears' longtime boyfriend who married her last month, plays a breakout role

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Reviewers haven't reviewed "Hot Seat" (in theaters and on demand now), a movie about a bomb planted underneath a computer hacker's chair

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Here are all the details on Asghari's role, "Hot Seat" action, and that incendiary furniture

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It's brave casting for Dillon to play Orlando Friar, the family man who is secretly the world-renowned hacker known as the Red Knight

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It would be even braver for a remote villain to give Hacker orders after pointing out the bomb under Friar's rolling chair

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Friar has little room to move or even wheel with the seat bomb and electric fence around the desk

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The creative license taken by Hot Seat allows it to disregard the need for any bathroom breaks

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