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10/08/1998 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.

Overview

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.

  1. Joseph Ruben

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Vince Vaughn

    John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

  2. Anne Heche

    Beth Eastern

  3. Joaquin Phoenix

    Lewis McBride

  4. David Conrad

    Tony Croft

  5. Jada Pinkett Smith

    M.J. Major

  6. Vera Farmiga

    Kerrie

  7. Nick Sandow

    Ravitch

  8. Elizabeth Rodriguez

    Gaby

  9. Ming Lee

    Mr. Chandran

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-01-15
_**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 traffi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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