Heaven's Prisoners

Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

  • 16% of critics liked it
    (19 reviews)

  • 24% of users liked it
    (1,850 ratings)

An ex-cop trying to stay away from trouble finds it literally crashing into his backyard in this crime thriller. Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin) is a former New Orleans police detective who, after kicking an addiction to alcohol and confronting some serious problems with his partners, has left law… More

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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
May 17, 1996 Wide
New Line Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    [A] bayou slog.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Baldwin needs to fire his manager

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Baldwin is shockingly uninteresting, walking through this role... or should I say sweating, for Dave is covered in perspiration in practically every scene.

  • Greg Muskewitz, eFilmCritic.com

    A humid and sweaty potboiler that fritters away the potential to be hot and steamy.

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  • Red L


    Heaven's Prisoners is a mediocre movie - the kind one expects from the no-name made-in-Canada movies. It has this problem where the bad guys just kill their enemies in cold blood, whereas the hero - even though he is an ex-cop - can only shoot the bad guys in self defence. So… More

  • Dean M


    Alec Baldwin gives an outstanding performance as ex-cop who finds himself drawn back into the sleazy underworld of New Orleans when a plane crashes in the waters near his bait shop. Adapted from the hardboiled detective novel by James Lee Burke, the film is deliberate in its pace and… More

  • Deb S


    Ex-cop and ex-alcoholic Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin) and his wife Annie (Kelly Lynch) move to the Bayou where they open up a bait shop and seem to be living the perfect life. One day while the couple are out on the Bayou a plane crashes nearby their boat. Dave goes in to try and… More

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