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Return to Paradise

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

  • Movie
  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 49m

Directed by Joseph Ruben

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 321 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Vince Vaughn

    Vince VaughnJohn 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

  • Anne Heche

    Anne HecheBeth Eastern

  • Joaquin Phoenix

    Joaquin PhoenixLewis McBride

  • David Conrad

    David ConradTony Croft

  • Jada Pinkett Smith

    Jada Pinkett SmithM.J. Major

  • Vera Farmiga

    Vera FarmigaKerrie

  • Nick Sandow

    Nick SandowRavitch

  • Elizabeth Rodriguez

    Elizabeth RodriguezGaby

  • Joel de la Fuente

    Joel de la FuenteMr. Doramin

  • Richard ChangProsecutor

  • James McCauley

    James McCauleyFamous Divorce Lawyer

  • Brette Taylor

    Brette TaylorYoung Woman in Limo

  • Deanna YusoffWoman in Bar

  • David Zayas

    David ZayasConstruction Foreman

  • Is IssariyaMalaysian Woman in Hammock

  • Ed HodsonFeatures Editor

  • Kevin Scullin

    Kevin ScullinDoorman #1

  • Glenn PatrickDoorman #2

Director
Joseph Ruben
Writer
Bruce Robinson, Wesley Strick and Pierre Jolivet
Music
Mark Mancina
Cinematography
Reynaldo Villalobos