Heaven's Burning (1997)
Vengeance takes no prisoners.
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
- Date of release
- 1997-11-06
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (42)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Craig Lahiff
Casting
- Russell Crowe — Colin
- Youki Kudoh — Midori
- Kenji Isomura — Yukio
- Ray Barrett — Cam
- Robert Mammone — Mahood
- Petru Gheorghiu — Boorjan
- Anthony Phelan — Bishop
- Matthew Dyktynski — Moffat
- Colin Hay — Jonah
- Susan Prior — Sharon
- Norman Kaye — Store Owner
- Kate Fitzpatrick — Gloria
Interesting facts
- Box office: A$55.8K
Heaven's Burning is a 1997 Australian crime film starring Russell Crowe and directed by Craig Lahiff. The film was released in Australia on 6 November 1997. It follows the adventures of an Australian getaway driver (Crowe) and a Japanese runaway bride on a road trip as they are pursued by both criminals and the police. This was Russell Crowe's last Australian film until 2014's The Water Diviner.
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