• Director(s)

    Craig Lahiff

  • Production Year

    1998

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    99m

  • Cast

    Russell Crowe, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone

Film

Heaven's Burning

strong violence, threat, bloody images, language, sex, racism

HEAVEN'S BURNING is an Australian crime thriller from 1997, in which a Japanese woman fleeing a loveless marriage goes on the run with an Australian crook, with police, brutal criminals and her volatile husband in pursuit.…

HEAVEN'S BURNING is an Australian crime thriller from 1997, in which a Japanese woman fleeing a loveless marriage goes on the run with an Australian crook, with police, brutal criminals and her volatile husband in pursuit.

violence
Strong violence includes bloody shootings and beatings, including a man being repeatedly kicked as he lies on the ground. A man's hands are nailed to a desk, but we do not see this in detail. A character is drowned in a pool of water and others are hit in the head with heavy weapons.
threat and horror
A character is taken captive, gagged and threatened with torture, such as having his eye gouged out. A man holds a woman at gunpoint with his arm around her neck, dragging her and threatening her with death.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'prick', 'wanker', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
sex
There is strong sex without nudity.
discrimination
A man suggests that all of Japan should face punishment for crimes during the Second World War. A man makes disparaging comments about the sound of the call to prayer in a Muslim community, referring to it as 'yodelling'. Characters occasionally make racist references to Japanese people, using expressions such as 'Jap' and 'inferior race'.
injury detail
Characters are left with bloody facial injuries in the aftermath of violence and we see blood splashed over clothing and surrounding areas. We briefly see a close-up image of a man with a gunshot wound to his head.
additional issues
A character shoots themself off-screen when faced with a more painful death. A woman passes out in a bowl of food after it is implied she is high on drugs. There are undetailed verbal references to benzedrine. Characters share a marijuana joint in a brief scene of drugs misuse.

  • Director(s)

    Craig Lahiff

  • Production Year

    1998

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    99m

  • Cast

    Russell Crowe, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone

strong violence, threat, bloody images, language, sex, racism
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
violence
Strong violence includes bloody shootings and beatings, including a man being repeatedly kicked as he lies on the ground. A man's hands are nailed to a desk, but we do not see this in detail. A character is drowned in a pool of water and others are hit in the head with heavy weapons.
threat and horror
A character is taken captive, gagged and threatened with torture, such as having his eye gouged out. A man holds a woman at gunpoint with his arm around her neck, dragging her and threatening her with death.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'prick', 'wanker', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
sex
There is strong sex without nudity.
discrimination
A man suggests that all of Japan should face punishment for crimes during the Second World War. A man makes disparaging comments about the sound of the call to prayer in a Muslim community, referring to it as 'yodelling'. Characters occasionally make racist references to Japanese people, using expressions such as 'Jap' and 'inferior race'.
injury detail
Characters are left with bloody facial injuries in the aftermath of violence and we see blood splashed over clothing and surrounding areas. We briefly see a close-up image of a man with a gunshot wound to his head.
additional issues
A character shoots themself off-screen when faced with a more painful death. A woman passes out in a bowl of food after it is implied she is high on drugs. There are undetailed verbal references to benzedrine. Characters share a marijuana joint in a brief scene of drugs misuse.
Contains strong violence and language
Classified Date:
27/10/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
01/12/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video
Classified Date:
07/07/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

  • Classified date

    18/07/2023

  • Language

    English