7.6
Billy Elliot
2000
“Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide.”
Return to Paradise (1998)
August 10, 19981h 49mEN
6.5
312 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Joseph RubenWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
TetragramPropaganda FilmsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Movies Like Return to Paradise
6.7
About a Boy
2002
7.6
Talk to Her
2002
6.9
Paradise Now
2005
2.7
Alan Smithee
2012
7.4
Bad Education
2004
7.4
The Big Blue
1988
Recommended for You
7.8
All My Life
2020
6.1
Angel Eyes
2001
7.0
Underworld
1927
6.6
The Wild One
1953
7.0
The Rainmaker
1997
6.3
TalhotBlond
2012
6.2
The Stranger
2022
6.6
The Glass Key
1942
7.4
Mr. Church
2016
User Reviews
Wuchak
5.0_**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 great time partying together and then the two from New York go back to the grind in the USA. Two years later they find out that their friend in Malaysia has been in prison for having too much hashish, which the three purchased together. Due to the country's severe drug laws, those considered traffi…
Read full review →