Synopsis
During a weekend, two shady businessmen flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native to commit a crime that changes the nation.
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Cast
- Orlando BloomShy
- Anthony MackieHammer
- Bill PaxtonCarl Ridley
- Zoe SaldañaAndrea
- Razaaq AdotiRichie Rich
- Agnes BrucknerPippa Ridley
- Joy BryantSheila
- Bobby CannavaleLieutenant
- Stephen DillaneMr. Allen
- Victor RasukFritz
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
Those expecting an exhilarating, "Pulp Fiction"-style wrap-up will also be disappointed. Instead, Flowers gives us the impression - as the end of "Traffic" did - that we've just taken a few turns on a merry-go-round of doom that is going to keep spinning long after the movie ends. - 50
Salon
A trashy thriller of the kind that used to make up the second half of double bills in crumbling downtown theaters, circa 1977. - 42
The A.V. Club
The film boasts compelling performances--from Bruckner, and especially from Stephen Dillane as a wildly pragmatic money-man who radiates well-deserved cynicism. But Bloom is the giant void at the center of the film, and his laughable histrionics pull Haven firmly into camp territory. - 40
Variety
A seesaw chronology and generally chaotic approach plagues Haven, an overly ambitious, multicharacter love story-cum-underworld revenge drama set on a fleetingly exotic island. - 38
TV Guide Magazine
There's less than meets the eye to writer-director Flowers' time-hopping narrative, and what could have been a routine but entertaining crime story gets hopelessly muddled in its telling, despite the efforts of a generally strong cast. - 38
New York Daily News
Like a mango rotting in the sun, Frank Flowers' squishy Caribbean thriller has been sitting on the shelf long enough to attract suspicion. Bite into it at your own risk. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Terminally muddled crime drama. - 30
L.A. Weekly
As a director, newcomer Frank E. Flowers shows a flair for visuals and characters, but as a writer, he needs work. The Tarantinoesque nonlinear structure he employs would be risky even in Quentin's hands, and is downright self-sabotaging here.
