Wednesday, August 23, 2006 05:30:51 AM
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Orlando Bloom and Agnes Bruckner in Haven, In Theaters September 15th
Imagine you just got a fax that the Feds will be at your door in a
matter of minutes. The government has remembered the taxes you forgot
to pay and itâs time to take an extended vacation. No problem â you
can pack light and still get by with a little extra weight strapped
around your midsection â 28 lbs. to be exact â the weight of a cool
million in hundred dollar bills.
Such is the case with corrupt businessman Carl Ridley (Bill Paxton).
He let his greed get the better of him, and now heâs on the run, his
daughter Pippa (Agnes Bruckner) reluctantly in tow. Just turned 18,
Pippa is not happy to leave her friends and comfortable life in Miami,
even if itâs for the exotic Cayman Islands, but Dadâs in kind of a rush,
so thereâs no time for questions.
When they get to the islands, Ridley is preoccupied. Banks are rapidly
closing and heâs got to find a clean place to store his dirty money. In fact,
he doesnât even notice that the bungalow he rented is already occupied -- but his
daughter sure does. She finds native Caymanian Fritz (Victor Rasuk) sleeping off a
late night in her bed, and when she walks in on him, he flees out the window, leaving
his wallet behind. Suddenly Pippaâs not so sorry about landing in paradise. She tracks
down Fritz and discovers that the local bad boy is a real charmer whoâs more than willing
to show her the island, including its wild parties.
But Fritz has a dark side, too. He owes money to island gang leader Ritchie
Ritch (Raz Adoti), and when he spies Pippaâs dad handling a lot of cash,
Fritz suddenly knows how to get Ritchie off his back. Unaware that sheâs
leading her father into even more trouble than he had in the United States,
Pippa and her innocence are headed for a rude awakening.
Also about to have their innocence destroyed are young lovers Shy
and Andrea (Orlando Bloom and Zoë Saldana), who finally consummate
their passion, only to be discovered by Andreaâs brother, gang wannabe
Hammer (Anthony Mackie). Acting on his fatherâs wishes, Hammer is bent
on ending the relationship . . . no matter what it takes.
Written and directed by native Caymanian Frank E. Flowers, and filmed
entirely in the 100-square mile West Indies paradise, Haven is an edgy,
suspenseful, viscerally gripping ensemble film in which unconnected lives
intersect and ignite a violent chain of events that turns tranquility into chaos.
In an instant, greed collides with innocence and passion goes up against those who
forbid it, and all at once an idyllic tropical refuge becomes anything but safe.
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