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Return to Paradise

Return to Paradise
★ 6.5/10•1998•1h 49m•R•Drama•Thriller•Romance

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.

Joseph Ruben · Director

Bruce Robinson · Screenplay

Wesley Strick · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 49m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 10, 1998

Actors

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn

John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Beth Eastern

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

Lewis McBride

David Conrad

David Conrad

Tony Croft

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

M.J. Major

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga

Kerrie

Nick Sandow

Nick Sandow

Ravitch

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Gaby

Ming Lee

Mr. Chandran

Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente

Mr. Doramin

Richard Chang

Prosecutor

James McCauley

James McCauley

Famous Divorce Lawyer

Brette Taylor

Brette Taylor

Young Woman in Limo

Deanna Yusoff

Woman in Bar

David Zayas

David Zayas

Construction Foreman

Is Issariya

Malaysian Woman in Hammock

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