Return to Paradise (1998)

Directed by

Joseph Ruben

Genre

drama film, prison film, romance film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 315 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men who spent a holiday in Malaysia return to the United States, leaving behind a friend who is now facing a death sentence for drug possession. One of them must decide whether to go back and share the blame to save the friend's life.

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What happens

Return to Paradise is a 1998 American drama-thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson, and starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, and Joaquin Phoenix. Return to Paradise is a remake of the 1989 French film Force majeure. The film had its premiere on August 10, 1998, and was released to theaters on August 14, 1998 by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Vaughn and Heche, the second film being Psycho, which was released in the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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