Heaven’s Prisoners is probably one of my favorite movies to come out of the 90s, so when this came out on DVD I was totally excited about it and watched it. That was back during the weed days so I remember not being very excited about it at the time but three years later I made this place here and wanted to talk about it. I fired up this post about two years ago and then I couldn’t think of anything exciting to say about it so its been sitting my drafts forever and recently I watched the DVD again and really liked it the second time around so here we are. This time around Tommy Lee Jones and his grizzled face takes the lead as Dave Robicheaux and sweats it up in the Louisiana heat trying to solve some murders………. and he might be a little bit batshit! Let’s go!
I know these two movies are based on a series of books that I haven’t read and Tommy Lee Jones is about 80 years older than Baldwin so I wasn’t sure if this was a prequel or sequel to Prisoners – since Robicheaux’s a cop again but, using my amazing powers of purposeful deduction, I noticed that Alafair seems to be a little older this time around so I went with “sequel”. Also gone is Mary Stuart Masterson as the caring stripper and this time around it seems Robicheaux’s got himself a permanent, horny squeeze in Mary Steenburgen, whose name I can never remember for the life of me. Batist is also replaced by another black fellow with a voice that’s difficult to understand and we round things up with John Goodman as a murder suspect going by the name “Baby Feet”.
The basic premise of this is that someone is going around killing hookers and dumping them in the swamp but there’s also an intriguing side story that kind of weaves it’s way through the central plot like a hungry tapeworm. It involves the murdering of an escaped prisoner back in the early 60s and the ghosts of the Confederate dead.
Don’t believe me?? There’s a ghost right here, sitting on your front porch:
BOO!! did that scare the shit out of you?? I bet it did! Did it scare the piss out of Kelly Macdonald??? doesn’t look like it….
I liked this movie, quite a bit, but it’s nothing like the first one, if you want to compare. Heaven’s Prisoners was meant to be an action movie turning Baldwin into an action star but that never really panned out for him. This is more of a straight up mystery with a collection of odd costars like Ned Beatty and Peter Sarsgaard’s Sars Guards. Good stuff!
I bought this on DVD in 2010 and still haven’t watched it! What are the amazing procrastinatory powers this movie unleashes on unsuspecting movie reviewers? I like ghosts and John Goodman, so I have to watch it someday.
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I guess we’re just lazy fuckers!!
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That might be it.
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HA!
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Haha, I’ve got DVDs still in the wrapping…bought a very long time ago !
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We’re movie hoarders around here. I tried to display a few in the living room last year but they went rogue and spawned more on top of themselves. Dangerous little things: http://i.imgur.com/F9Y3YBD.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/F9Y3YBD.jpg
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Haha love it! I’m a hoarder too : )
I just said out loud in a Mexican(ish) accent “Satanico Pandemonium” hee hee!
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Makes you want to twirl an invisible mustache, that film.
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I’m doing it now!!!! : )
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Never knew this existed but sounds pretty decent. Might have to check it out one day. Gotta love Tommy Lee Jones too, the man always seems old but never seems to age either.
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It’s not bad at all… I think Jones has just always been 80 or 85. Kind of like Fidel Castro.
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lol – seems like.
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They’ve just ALWAYS been 80…..
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I’ve been having a sexual affair with Mary Steenburgen for the past 11 years.
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In the butt???
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Is there a different way?
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Just making sure! I know you’re partial to French ways….
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I am currently listening to the Hugo soundtrack at work.
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I believe it, you horny Frenchman! Do you have your pant legs rolled up, exposing your stockings too?
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No pants.
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Just stockings?
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I’ve said too much…
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This is just getting disgusting……
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Lately I find that if John Goodman’s in, then so am I.
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He’s pretty good in this – Southern USA accent and all : )
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I think I’ve read a couple of these books – but haven’t seen the movies – seems like I should get off my lazy ass and go find them.
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HAHAHA!!! That’s a crack up!
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I never heard of this. Thank you so much for this wonderful post Eric. I love movies like this and the fact that it has Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman just clinches it! 🙂
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Sweet!!!! That makes my day!!
Say – I just finished our thing – that was really good! Good call!
#goodcalls
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Yes! I like it when I can recommend something to you.
#tickledpink
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I put it on my list of shit i still need to write about!!
#goodstuff
#arthurtimbs
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Tipped!
#loveeric
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Yippee!
#loveeric
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We’re getting ready for some more pounding rain and sever weather tonight… I’ll try and keep you posted.
#screwtornadoes
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Oh God! It would be so nice if they could come up with something that would disperse them before they even touched the ground. I’ll be thinking of you, which is pathetic, but I don’t know what else to do.
#Hugs
#feelinghelpless
#hatetornadoes
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Wouldn’t that be something??? You should invent it and live like a queen for the rest of your life!!!!
#hugs
#stupidrainandwind
Are you on twitter? I’ve looked but never seen you…
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Aww! I’d share the proceeds with you! I was on Twitter, but my account got hacked. I’ve been thinking of trying it again.
#sweeteric
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Let me know! I’m on there as @theipcdotme
#easierthanemail
#sometimes
#stupidemailservers
#lovekim
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I will Eric😊
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❤
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#love
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#yes
#stormsmovingin
#herewego
#sorrybutgoddamntornadoes
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Sweetest KIM, I would love for you to look at my old shit sometime but, care to look at this one? This means a lot to me. You don’t have to, of course, we will be forever #s I just thought I would share.
#lovekim
https://isaacspictureconclusions.com/2014/05/19/rocky-1976-one-of-my-all-time-favorites/
#wheresyourhat
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Of course I will Eric! I’m clicking on it right now!😊😊😊
#pleasestaysafe
#dontgooutside
#stupideffinweather
#loveeric
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Reply better tomorrow or later but should be safe tonight!!
#weathertapering
#lovelovekim
#sosweettome
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Thank goodness for that!
#peacefulnight
#lovemyeric
#adriiaannnn
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I really hate autocorrect!
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Tipped!!
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Grr 😦
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It’s ok!! It happens to me all the time!!!!!
#italwaysok
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#squeeze
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I watched the first act of Dead Snow 2 last night, but fell asleep as it was late, so I will finish tonight.
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Sounds good! The last act is the best part. Hey – what’s the url of your new site again? I was going to look at it today but it doesn’t link through your gravatar.
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Here is a link. I posted my top 10 films of 2014 yesterday; be sure to read the whole thing before my list, as I mention you. 🙂 https://garygreg828.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/belated-top-10-films-of-2014/
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Will do!
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I also re-followed as I don’t think the reader is getting your stuff –
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Ok, thanks. I will look at my gravatar and attach the site. I thought it already was.
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Talk atcha later –
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I might have to track down this film and the one you talked about yesterday. The more I read about them the more I am surprised I have never watched them before!!!
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I haven’t heard of this OR “Prisoners”. They sound…interesting? 😉 Nah, I like a good Tommy Lee Jones flick so this one might be cool to watch, at least.
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Misty Layne??? Miss you!
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‘Tis indeed me! 😉 And miss you too!!
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We still have lots to do… Totes….
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Tons and oodles…Totes mcgotes…should get on that…
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Totes!!! It sure was good hearing from you!! Sorry I had to disappear – been dealing with sever weather and tornadoes….
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“but there’s also an intriguing side story that kind of weaves it’s way through the central plot like a hungry tapeworm”
hahaha!! Loved that line.
Goodman, Sarsgaard AND TLJ?! How the fuck did I miss this movie? So this is a sequel to the film from your last review then? I’ll have to check out both of these when I can. And the watchlist grows longer….
And damn you for mentioning weed! Now I want a big fat bong, I don’t smoke anymore either unless a friend offers me some, so my tolerance is waaaay down, one billy and I’m BLAZED AS FUCK!! 😉
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You should totally check these out!
As to the grass – YEP – I don’t smoke much any more and one hit gets me loaded. A couple of weeks ago my friend came over with some of the good stuff and we smoked. That night, in the middle of the night, I reached over the side of my bed to get the pillow I put between my legs, lost my balance and fell out of bed. I thought I had broken a rib but I think it’s just bruised but GOD DAMN it hurts!!!! In fact – it hurts like fuck!!!
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HAHA!! Yeah I am the same, I stopped smoking it as I was literally doing nothing in my life. Smoking all day makes it hard to be productive in any way really, that’s why I stopped. But if a friend offers I won’t say no and yeah one toke hits me HARD!!
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I’m telling you what. Everything is synthetic these days and it’s strooooooooooong. I miss the old Mexican dirt weed….
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haha I’m too young to remember that, plus i started smoking fairly late (20) so its always been strong as fuck for me. Plus I live in the weed state of Australia 😀
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I need to watch this!!!!
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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You should!!!! Then we can bond over it!!!!
#bonding
Love Pen!!!!!!!
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Yay!!! #penbonding
Love Clam! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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EXCELLENTE!!!!!!!!!!
Love Pen!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hmm, maybe I should look for this one. A friend recommended it a while ago and it was on tv but i didn’t watch it for some reason I can’t think of.
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You should!!
#babyfeet
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Peter Sarsgaard’s Sars Guards!!! I think of that sketch every time I hear his name!!! Also, I love that the side plot is “like a hungry tapeworm.” Lol.
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CARA!!!!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Sarsgaard’s Sara Gaurds!!!!!!!! YOU GOT IT!!!!!!!
#itloves
#itprobes
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Bahahaha was I the only one who got that??? Sarsgaard’s Sars Guards all the wayy!!!
#xoxoxoxo
#itguardsfromsars
#itprobes
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As far as I can tell!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#sargaardssarsguards
#itloves
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I hadn’t even heard of this one, to be honest. Doesn’t look too bad though!
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You should give it a shot! That and Sauna!
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Intriguing… Tommy Lee Jones playing an older version of Alec Baldwin, you say. I’m in!! This was worth the two years wait. Your posts are pretty great 🙂
#satanicbesties
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YOU’RE posts are great!!!!!!
This movie was pretty good – I’d bet you like it : ) : )
#satanicbesties
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I’d bet I would too. I have so many movies on my “To Watch” list now. I always prided myself on knowing about most of the movies that were coming out and now, with all you amazing movie bloggers, I realize that there is so much great stuff out there that I did’t know about! It’s almost overwhelming.
#somanymoviesolittletime
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Our little group is great! I’m always here to support you so let me know if you need anything!
#satanicbesties
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Thanks, Eric! You’re so great 🙂
#satanicbestiesforever
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YOU ARE!!!!!!!
#satanicbestiesforeverandever
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I think I have this on DVD somewhere but have never watched it.
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You should check it out!
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Never heard of this! OR Heaven’s Prisoners! (No – like, for real. Not being a smart ass)
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They’re a couple of good ones : ) : )
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#Hmmm
Hmm.
#oculus 😉
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