Film

Return to Paradise

1998 · 1h 49m · Drama · Thriller · Romance

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

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Metacritic

56

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.

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. Doramin

Richard Chang

Prosecutor

James McCauley

Famous Divorce Lawyer

Brette Taylor

Young Woman in Limo

Deanna Yusoff

Woman in Bar

David Zayas

Construction Foreman

Is Issariya

Malaysian Woman in Hammock

• Joseph RubenDirector
• Bruce RobinsonScreenplay
• Wesley StrickScreenplay
• Pierre JolivetNovel
• Steve GolinProducer
• Alain BernheimProducer
• David ArnoldExecutive Producer
• Ezra SwerdlowExecutive Producer
• Reynaldo VillalobosDirector of Photography
• Mark MancinaOriginal Music Composer

Trailer

Release date

August 10, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Romance

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