Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
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16% of critics liked it
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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 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 enforcement behind to run a bait shop in a small Louisiana bayou town. One day, Dave and his wife Annie (Kelly Lynch) see a small plane plummet from the sky and crash into the swamp; the pilot dies, but Dave is able to rescue a young Hispanic girl from the wreckage. Dave and Annie take the child in, but as they try to find out more about the plane crash and who the little girl might be, they discover that she's actually an illegal alien from Salvador and that the pilot was involved with a local drug ring. Dave, constitutionally unable to let a mystery go unsolved, begins asking enough questions and making enough trouble that he finds himself on the bad side of his old High School friend Bubba Rocque (Eric Roberts). Bubba is a local crime boss who controls the area's drug traffic, keeps a boxing ring in his front yard, and has a wife Claudette (Teri Hatcher) who enjoys greeting her guests naked. Dave's inquiries eventually become too much for Bubba and his henchmen, and in the midst of a violent raid on their home, Annie is killed. Dave becomes obsessed with bringing Bubba and his men to justice and gets some unexpected help from Robin Gaddis (Mary Stuart Masterson), an exotic dancer with a heart of gold. While it was originally scheduled for release in 1994, Heaven's Prisoners didn't arrive on theater screens until two years later, by which time Teri Hatcher had risen to stardom on the TV series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Phil Joanou
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
- In Theaters
- May 17, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Mike Clark, USA Today
[A] bayou slog.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Baldwin needs to fire his manager
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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.
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Greg Muskewitz, eFilmCritic.com
A humid and sweaty potboiler that fritters away the potential to be hot and steamy.
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Cast
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Alec Baldwin
as Dave Robicheaux
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Kelly Lynch
as Annie Robicheaux
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Mary Stuart Masterson
as Robin Gaddis
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Eric Roberts
as Bubba Rocque
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Teri Hatcher
as Claudette Rocque
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Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Minos P. Dautrieve
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Lenore Banks
as Woman Driver
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Don Brady
as Apartment Man
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Badja Djola
as Batist
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Hawthorne James
as Victor Romero
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Joe Hess
as Johnny Dartez
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Patricia Huston
as Nun
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Carl A. McGee
as Toot
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Tuck Milligan
as Jerry Falgout
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Socorro Santiago
as Spanish Nun
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Anne Schedeen
as Jungle Room Patron
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Don Stark
as Eddie Keats
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Saul Stein
as Dom
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Joe Viterelli
as Didi Giancano
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Don Yesso
as Jungle Room Bartender
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Gray Fredrickson
as Sheriff Len Whitley
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James Hooks Reynolds
as Truck Driver
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Chuck Zito
as Tony
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Paul Guilfoyle
as Detective Magelli
- Walter C. Bassett
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Tom Burgess
as Prison Guard
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Glenn Gomez
as Piano Mover
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Chris Kriesa
as Priest
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Samantha Lagpacan
as Alafair
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Herman Myles Jr.
as Clarence
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Jerry Procanik
as Patron
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Connie Whittemore
as Stripper
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Marion Zinser
as Apartment Couple
