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Heaven's Prisoners

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When a plane crashes near his New Orleans home, ex-cop Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin) rescues a young girl from the debris. He and his wife, Annie (Kelly Lynch), adopt her, never suspecting that the child might be connected to criminal activity -- specifically, to local crime boss Bubba Rocque (Eric Roberts). After Dave is attacked by thugs one night, he goes after them looking to settle the score. Unfortunately, Annie is murdered in the backlash, causing Dave to fall into an alcoholic spiral.
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Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Heaven's Prisoners [is] such an overwrought and high-strung example of melodramatic excess that they should have scheduled rest breaks for the actors. The movie has plot enough for three films, although still not quite enough to make sense of this one. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Mike Clark USA Today [A] bayou slog. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 Jun 30, 2005 Full Review Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) Rated: 2/5 May 19, 2005 Full Review Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Rated: 1/5 Apr 10, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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George W Over the years I've watched this film at least a dozen times. I don't know why the critics and audiences alike didn't like it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Steve D Predictable and deeply unpleasant. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I actually walked out on this movie - it was just that bad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review m b How are the stars so low for this movie??? All the characters are good characters, and although its about good vs bad, it has themed elements that add to this story...Has action and suspense...I just cant ever decide by the end, if Im team Robichcheaux or Bubba Rock?? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Okay, so the good here is the Louisiana setting, Eric Roberts as a crime boss doing this crazy drawling delivery that I really enjoyed, and a nude Teri Hatcher, because Yowza. The upshot is that a couple adopt a young Salvadoran girl when they find her at the site of a plane crash int he swamps, but our lead is an ex-cop, so his investigation into how she got their official puts a target on the backs of himself, his wife and the young kid. The film runs a bit long, but if you have an afternoon to kill, it's a decent little time waster. Rental? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I enjoyed the film. A little bit long. I surprised at the low ratings. It is entertaining Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Phil Joanou

Director

Alec Baldwin

Dave Robicheaux

Mary Stuart Masterson

Robin Gaddis

Kelly Lynch

Annie Robicheaux

Teri Hatcher

Claudette Rocque

Eric Roberts

Bubba Rocque

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Synopsis When a plane crashes near his New Orleans home, ex-cop Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin) rescues a young girl from the debris. He and his wife, Annie (Kelly Lynch), adopt her, never suspecting that the child might be connected to criminal activity -- specifically, to local crime boss Bubba Rocque (Eric Roberts). After Dave is attacked by thugs one night, he goes after them looking to settle the score. Unfortunately, Annie is murdered in the backlash, causing Dave to fall into an alcoholic spiral.
Director
Phil Joanou
Producer
Andre Morgan, Albert S. Ruddy, Leslie Greif
Screenwriter
James Lee Burke
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 30, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.0M
Runtime
2h 6m
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