Dave (Alec Baldwin) is an ex-New Orleans homicide detective and recovering alcoholic , living a quiet life on a bayou with patient wife (Kelly Lynch) . They witness a plane crash and Dave rescues the only survivor , a young Savadoran girl , whom they adopt . But the crash was not an accident and Dave's snooping around involves him with drug runners and local crime bosses including old high school buddy , Bubba (Eric Roberts) and his sirenish wife Claudette (Teri Hatcher) . For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting the wrong woman could be a deadly choice !
A crime thriller with action-packed , intrigue , fights , shootouts , chases and beautiful exteriors . Based on the mystery series by James Lee Burke ; in fact , Alec Baldwin was hoping to go back the Dave Robicheaux character written by Burke in a sequel to be called "Dixie City Jam", then New Line Cinema released the film at the start of the US summer season, hoping it would be a good counter-programmer to other blockbusters, resulting in a flop at the box office , due to failed ¨Heaven's prisoners¨ led to the follow-up being scrapped . Convoluted plot with some moody touches but Alec Baldwin scores as the flawed , out-of-luck ex-homicide detective . As Alec Baldwin is nice as hardened New Orleans cop, who finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife finely played by Kelly Lynch . While the attractive Mary Stuat Masterson is his old flame, a blond stripper who still has feelings for Dave. Furthermore , fine acting from Eric Robert as as drug lord Bubba Rocque, Dave's childhood friend and his sex-hungry, explosive wife nicely played by Teri Hatcher . Along with a long plethora of secondaries , such as : Vondie Curtis Hall , Badja Djola , Joe Viterelli in his usual role as mobster and special apperaence of Paul Guifoyle of CSI as a police inspector .
Probably one of the best parts of the film results to be the New Orleans locations , including White Castle, Louisiana, (Nottoway Plantation) well photographed by cameraman Harris Savides . As well as an evocative and sensitive musical score by great composer George Fenton. The motion picture was professionally directed by Phil Joanou , but it quickly faded from screens after being steamrolled by other big releases. The film was then slated for a 1995 release by the studio, but was finally shelved again because Savoy Pictures had folded in bankruptcy , then Savoy were picked up by other studios, in fact ¨Heaven's prisoners¨ was completed and produced two years before its actual release and New Line Cinema eventually released the film in the spring of 1996 . Phil Joanou was hired by Alec Baldwin, in his role as executive producer who approached Phil Joanou to direct the film based on the suggestion of his then-wife, Kim Basinger, who'd had a good time working with Joanou on Final Analysis (1992) . Phil Joanou is an uneven director (Gridiron gang, Heaven's prisoners , Final analysis) with hits and flops and filmmaker of video-clips and films for U2 (Rattle and hum). As "Final Analysis" and "Heaven's Prisoners" proved to be critical and financial disappointments , Spielberg and Bono of U2 (separately) encouraged Joanou to "write something personal" and "from the heart", resulting in the extensively autobiographical "Entropy". In addition , Spielberg gave Joanou the screenplay for Three O'Clock High (1987), then known as "After School" and subsequently directing the notable ¨State of Grace¨with a great cast as Sean Penn , Ed Harris , Gary Oldman , among others . Rating : 6/10. Acceptable and passable. The flick will appeal to alec Baldwin fans.
A crime thriller with action-packed , intrigue , fights , shootouts , chases and beautiful exteriors . Based on the mystery series by James Lee Burke ; in fact , Alec Baldwin was hoping to go back the Dave Robicheaux character written by Burke in a sequel to be called "Dixie City Jam", then New Line Cinema released the film at the start of the US summer season, hoping it would be a good counter-programmer to other blockbusters, resulting in a flop at the box office , due to failed ¨Heaven's prisoners¨ led to the follow-up being scrapped . Convoluted plot with some moody touches but Alec Baldwin scores as the flawed , out-of-luck ex-homicide detective . As Alec Baldwin is nice as hardened New Orleans cop, who finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife finely played by Kelly Lynch . While the attractive Mary Stuat Masterson is his old flame, a blond stripper who still has feelings for Dave. Furthermore , fine acting from Eric Robert as as drug lord Bubba Rocque, Dave's childhood friend and his sex-hungry, explosive wife nicely played by Teri Hatcher . Along with a long plethora of secondaries , such as : Vondie Curtis Hall , Badja Djola , Joe Viterelli in his usual role as mobster and special apperaence of Paul Guifoyle of CSI as a police inspector .
Probably one of the best parts of the film results to be the New Orleans locations , including White Castle, Louisiana, (Nottoway Plantation) well photographed by cameraman Harris Savides . As well as an evocative and sensitive musical score by great composer George Fenton. The motion picture was professionally directed by Phil Joanou , but it quickly faded from screens after being steamrolled by other big releases. The film was then slated for a 1995 release by the studio, but was finally shelved again because Savoy Pictures had folded in bankruptcy , then Savoy were picked up by other studios, in fact ¨Heaven's prisoners¨ was completed and produced two years before its actual release and New Line Cinema eventually released the film in the spring of 1996 . Phil Joanou was hired by Alec Baldwin, in his role as executive producer who approached Phil Joanou to direct the film based on the suggestion of his then-wife, Kim Basinger, who'd had a good time working with Joanou on Final Analysis (1992) . Phil Joanou is an uneven director (Gridiron gang, Heaven's prisoners , Final analysis) with hits and flops and filmmaker of video-clips and films for U2 (Rattle and hum). As "Final Analysis" and "Heaven's Prisoners" proved to be critical and financial disappointments , Spielberg and Bono of U2 (separately) encouraged Joanou to "write something personal" and "from the heart", resulting in the extensively autobiographical "Entropy". In addition , Spielberg gave Joanou the screenplay for Three O'Clock High (1987), then known as "After School" and subsequently directing the notable ¨State of Grace¨with a great cast as Sean Penn , Ed Harris , Gary Oldman , among others . Rating : 6/10. Acceptable and passable. The flick will appeal to alec Baldwin fans.