Heaven's Burning

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2004 Filmcritic.com

What's that smell? It's heaven burning, and though Russell Crowe's ga-ga fan base will eat up his half love/half bloody revenge story, casual viewers will come away perplexed. Crowe and co-star Youki Kudoh are good enough here (she's a newlywed who's run away from her husband in a strange country, he's a getaway driver in a bank heist, you do the math), but this story plays out like the usual chase movie we've seen a zillion times before. Still, it's tragic... imagine if Thelma and Louise were lesbians.

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Rating

2.5 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Craig Lahiff
  • Producer: Al Clark, Helen Leake
  • Screenwriter: Louis Nowra
  • Stars: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone
  • MPAA Rating: R