The sense of place is the best thing about "Haven," whose title refers to the Cayman Islands' famous tax-free policy and its natural paradise. Young first-time writer-director Frank E. Flowers, who shot the film entirely on his native Caymans, reaches for high drama but hasn't the grasp to achieve it in this multi-threaded tale of gangster drugs and bling, shady white-collar finances and young love. Taking a long-delayed theatrical bow today after screening at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, "Haven" is unlikely to find shelter in cinemas.

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