Return to Paradise

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Return to Paradise (1998)

R 08/10/1998 (US) Drama, Thriller, Romance 1h 49m

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Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.

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Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Joseph Ruben

Director
Pierre Jolivet

Novel
Bruce Robinson

Screenplay
Wesley Strick

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Vince Vaughn

John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
Anne Heche

Beth Eastern
Joaquin Phoenix

Lewis McBride
David Conrad

Tony Croft
Jada Pinkett Smith

M.J. Major
Vera Farmiga

Kerrie
Nick Sandow

Ravitch
Elizabeth Rodriguez

Gaby
Ming Lee

Mr. Chandran
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on January 15, 2022

Great moral conundrum and message, but too contrived

"Return to Paradise" (1998) is about three Americans in Malaysia. Two of them are friends from New York City (Vincent Vaughn and David Conrad) and the other they meet there, an environmental-hippie type (Joaquin Phoenix). The three have a great time partying together and then the two from New York go back to the grind in the USA. Two years later they find out that their friend in Malaysia has been in prison for having too much hashish, which the three purchased together. Due to the country's severe drug laws, those considered traffic... read the rest.

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