Heaven's Fire (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

David Warry-Smith

Writers:

Rob Kerchner (written by) &
Charles Philip Moore (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Action

Plot:

Criminals plot to steal 100 million dollars worth of money plates from the US Treasury Department in Seattle...

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Treasury Agent | Arson | Die Hard Scenario | Skyscraper

Cast

Eric Roberts	...	Dean McConnell
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Quentin Darby
Venus Terzo	...	Michelle
Kaj-Erik Eriksen	...	Jeremy McConnell (as Kaj-Erik Erikson)
Cali Timmins	...	Fiona Dell
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Aimee Dell
Sheila Moore	...	Mrs. Lords
Don McKay	...	Mr. Lords
Craig Veroni	...	Juan Torres
Alf Humphreys	...	Ed Colby (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
John Maclaren	...	Al Wilkes (as John MacLaren)
Stephen Mendel	...	Agent Walter Fane
David Fredericks	...	Bill Beckman
Ingrid Torrance	...	Terrel Phillips
Aaron Pearl	...	Tom

Also Known As:

Inferno der Flammen (Germany)
L'enfer en plein ciel (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

Germany:87 min | Japan:91 min

Country:

Canada | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Fox Family Channel

Movie Connections:

References Die Hard (1988)

So bad it's almost an inadvertently good send-up of the genre

Although this is set in a skyscraper which is on fire, rather than a ship that's sinking beneath the water, lots of the stock characters seemed to have been filched from The Poseidon Adventure. Prochnow's villain has the strongest character definition, or seems to have, perhaps because he's acting better than the rest of the cast. Eric Roberts 'tries hard' as they might say in a school report, but it's a pretty thankless role, and his son and girlfriend are dreadful. The flames and a crashing plane scene are so bad they're hilarious. At one stage I expected Leslie Nielsen to appear saying 'And stop calling me Shirley'. There is a slight twist to the story, but not enough to redeem it. Really the best way to enjoy it is as a spoof, but as that's not what the director intended then it has to be written off as a pretty bad film. Good for Prochnow fans, okay for Eric Roberts fans, waste of time for anyone else. Incidentally, Prochnow's girlfriend was way too young for him; nice for him, but annoying to watch. Why not give men girlfriends within fifteen years of their age for a change?