Return to Paradise

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

APPROPIATE

1998 / 109min.

Rating6.4

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Romance

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Joaquin Phoenix

Vera Farmiga

Jada Pinkett Smith

Vince Vaughn

Anne Heche

David Zayas

Elizabeth Rodriguez

David Conrad

Joel de la Fuente

Nick Sandow

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