A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alec Baldwin | ... | Dave Robicheaux | |
| Kelly Lynch | ... | Annie Robicheaux | |
| Mary Stuart Masterson | ... | Robin Gaddis | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Bubba Rocque | |
| Teri Hatcher | ... | Claudette Rocque | |
| Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | Minos P. Dautrieve (as Vondie Curtis Hall) | |
| Badja Djola | ... | Batist | |
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Samantha Lagpacan | ... | Alafair |
| Joe Viterelli | ... | Didi Giancano | |
| Tuck Milligan | ... | Jerry Falgout | |
| Hawthorne James | ... | Victor Romero | |
| Don Stark | ... | Eddie Keats | |
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Carl A. McGee | ... | Toot |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Det. Magelli | |
| Christopher Kriesa | ... | Priest (as Chris Krisea) | |
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Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans. When they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane crash, their lives become forever changed. They take the orphan child into their home and prepare to raise her. However, a visit from DEA agent Dautrieve brings out the detective instincts in Robicheaux and he begins to ask about the rest of the passengers. This brings trouble to Robicheaux and he turns to drug lord Bubba Rocque, a childhood friend. But the friendship becomes estranged when an assault on the Robicheaux home leaves one victim...Annie. Written by P. Wong <pwong@nt.net>
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For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting the wrong woman could be a deadly choice.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,308,797, 19 May 1996Gross USA:
$5,009,305Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Didi Giancano: He may have been asleep, but that was before you dropped a fucking plane on his head and woke him up. Guys like that, when they wake up, they don't go back to sleep so easy. Not without help.
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Performed by Veneice Stark
Written by Willie Mitchell
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Bubba Rocque: Dave Robicheaux drowned in the bottle and went into the swamp to sleep it off.Didi Giancano: He may have been asleep, but that was before you dropped a fucking plane on his head and woke him up. Guys like that, when they wake up, they don't go back to sleep so easy. Not without help.
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Not exactly faithful to the book but the film certainly delivers as an enjoyable thriller.
Alec Baldwin is superb as Robicheaux, Lynch, Masterson and Hatcher are rather pretty and give the film what is needs but are mainly forgotten about as the film progresses. Roberts shows that he does have a great deal of talent to offer when it comes to a juicy part like this.
The film isn't brimming with action thankfully but it has a number of lengthy and exciting action sequences.
It seems to me that Baldwin is becoming something of the thinking mans action hero. Whilst Willis is off doing the brainless actioners Baldwin manages to get the intelligent movie. This is a fine example as is The Edge.
Baldwin makes this movie stunningly enjoyable and the supporting actors help a little but Baldwin manages to carry the whole thing single handedly.