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Return to Paradise

R
Movie
1998
1h 49m
English
Drama, Thriller, Romance
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.
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6.8
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Return to Paradise (1998) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
62

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Vince Vaughn
John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
Anne Heche
Beth Eastern
Joaquin Phoenix
Lewis McBride
David Conrad
Tony Croft
Ming Lee
Mr. Chandran
Richard Chang
Prosecutor
James McCauley
Famous Divorce Lawyer
Brette Taylor
Young Woman in Limo
Deanna Yusoff
Woman in Bar
David Zayas
Construction Foreman
Amy Wong
Ticket Agent
Is Issariya
Malaysian Woman in Hammock
Ed Hodson
Features Editor
Kevin Scullin
Doorman #1
Glenn Patrick
Doorman #2
Patrick Teoh
Chief Justice
Directed By: Joseph Ruben
Written By: Bruce Robinson (Screenplay), Wesley Strick (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Gemma6994 says...
7 years ago
I really enjoyed this film. I've watched it a couple of times. One of Vince Vaughn's better performances. It's quite bleak, but a great story, so definitely worth a watch.
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Wuchak
3 years ago
_**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 More
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