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65% Critic Match
Return to Paradise
“Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.”
6.5 / 10• 1998• 1h 49m•R• English
DramaThrillerRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Vince Vaughn
John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Ruben's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Return to Paradise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
