Return to Paradise (1998)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release: 1998-08-14
Director: Joseph Ruben
Writers: Pierre Jolivet , Olivier Schatzky , Wesley Strick , Bruce Robinson
Language: English
Stars: Vince Vaughn , Anne Heche , Joaquin Phoenix , David Conrad , Vera Farmiga , Nick Sandow , Jada Pinkett Smith , Ming Lee , Joel de la Fuente , Richard Chang
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: 2 nominations
AKA: Pela Vida de um Amigo (Brazil) , Epistrofi ston paradeiso (Greece) , Întoarcere în paradis (Romania) , Повернення до раю (Ukraine) , Return to Paradise (United Kingdom) , Por la vida de un amigo (Argentina) , Форс-мажор (Russian Federation) , Vennskapets pris (Norway) , Paluu paratiisiin (Finland) , Visszatérés a Paradicsomba (Hungary) , For venskabs skyld (Denmark) , Regreso al paraíso (Spain) , Форсмажор (Bulgaria) , Från himmel till helvete (Sweden) , Povratak u raj (Serbia) , Return to Paradise (United States of America) , Loin du paradis (Belgium) , Um Caso de Força Maior (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , リターン・トゥ・パラダイス (Japan) , All for One (United States of America) , Return to Paradise (Australia) , Powrót do raju (Poland) , Loin du paradis (Canada) , Behazra L'Malaysia (Israel) , Force Majeure (United States of America) , Loin du paradis (France, French Republic) , Return to Paradise , Tagasitulek paradiisi (Estonia) , 刺激1998 (Taiwan) , A Long Way to Paradise (United States of America) , Il tempo di decidere (Italy) , Cennete dönüş (Turkey) , Return to Paradise (Canada) , Für das Leben eines Freundes (Germany) , Επιστροφή στον Παράδεισο (Greece)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0124595