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'Haven': Beautiful people doing bad things
by Christy Lemire

White-collar criminals and dangerous thugs, haves and have-nots, sex and drugs, all mixed together in a secretive, tropical setting: "Haven" has the makings of a decadent nighttime soap, but none of the components of a cohesive, satisfying film. It probably sounded like a juicy idea to writer-director Frank E. Flowers, a native of the Cayman Islands who set and shot his movie there. The 24-year-old wanted to expose the ugly side of paradise with his intersecting, overstylized stories of greed and deception. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Two shady businessmen flee to the Caymans to avoid federal prosecution, but their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that has enormous implications.

FILM FACTS ...

Yari Film Group

'Haven'

Director: Frank Flowers
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton, Agnes Bruckner, Victor Rasuk, Lee Ingleby
Run time: 98 minutes
Release date: Sept. 15, 2006
Rating: R for language, drug use, sexual content and some violence.

On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Associated Press: C-
"... even the supposedly sympathetic characters — a young couple from disparate socio-economic backgrounds whose love is forbidden and doomed — merely come off as whiny and annoying."