Heaven's Prisoners

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Heaven's Prisoners

R

1996

2h 6m

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2/4

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.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

01/01/2000

2/4

[A] bayou slog.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

06/30/2005

1/5

Jonathan R. Perry

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

05/19/2005

2/5

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

04/10/2005

1/5

Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

03/11/2005

2/5

Baldwin needs to fire his manager

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George W

@RollTide56 07/21/2024

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.

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Steve D

02/15/2023

Predictable and deeply unpleasant.

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05/15/2020

I actually walked out on this movie - it was just that bad.

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06/04/2017

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?

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02/20/2017

I enjoyed the film. A little bit long. I surprised at the low ratings. It is entertaining

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04/20/2015

It would be nice if you could combine the two movies, taking the good aspects from one (Tommy Lee Jones, the elegiac tone, etc. from the sequel, and the more coherent and compelling application of plot and world-building from this one) and ditch all the bad stuff. I feel like this movie's parts are less than those of its sequel, but the sum ends up being more in some way that I can't really explain. I'm kinda surprised at how poorly this is rated, I found it pretty entertaining.

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Phil Joanou

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Dave Robicheaux

Mary Stuart Masterson

Robin Gaddis

Kelly Lynch

Annie Robicheaux

Teri Hatcher

Claudette 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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