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Mood:
- BleakSincereContemplativeRoughSuspensefulCaptivatingThought Provoking
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Plot:
- Moral DilemmaFriendshipConfinedLife is a BitchMind and SoulFriendsBuddiesDedicated Lawyer more...
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Genres:
- DramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- AsiaNew YorkUSAMalaysia
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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- Mild Violent ContentProfanityDrugs/Alcohol
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Return to Paradise, 1998
English
USA
Profile of Return to Paradise
Return to Paradise can be described as bleak, sincere, and thought provoking. The plot revolves around a moral dilemma, imprisonment or confinement, and themes of life is a bitch. The main genres are drama and thriller. In approach, Return to Paradise is serious and realistic. It is located in Malaysia and New York. It takes place in the 1990s. Return to Paradise is a remake. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. Note that it involves mild violent content, profanity, and drugs/alcohol.
Summary of Return to Paradise
Tony is a successful architect, ready to be married. Sherriff is a devil-may-care limo driver. Two years prior, they had been in Malaysia living the high life with a third buddy, Lewis. Lewis stayed on to continue their hedonistic lifestyle. His long-lost buddies don't know, however, that he is in prison, sentenced to die because of them. If a lawyer can persuade Tony and Sherriff to return to Malaysia and serve 3 years in the same prison, Lewis' life will be spared. Will they sacrifice that portion of their lives to save the life of a friend?
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 August 1998 |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
Cast and Crew
as Beth Eastern
as John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
as Lewis McBride
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San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Bob Graham
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
