Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.
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.
- 6.5
- 1998
- Released
- 1h 49m
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
Joel de la Fuente
Mr. DoraminRichard Chang
Prosecutor
James McCauley
Famous Divorce Lawyer
Brette Taylor
Young Woman in Limo
Deanna Yusoff
Woman in Bar
David Zayas
Construction ForemanIs Issariya
Malaysian Woman in HammockEd Hodson
Features Editor
Kevin Scullin
Doorman #1Glenn Patrick
Doorman #2
Patrick Teoh
Chief Justice
Curzon Dobell
ClientAmy Wong
Ticket Agent
Released
en
- #death penalty
- #friendship
- #malaysia
- #marijuana
- #childhood friends
Reviews
_**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 ye