Return to Paradise Page #10

Synopsis: Three friends share an exciting vacation in Malaysia, full of fun, drinks, women and hash. When the vacation is over, each have dreams of continuing their lives, and they all go their separate ways. One of them (Phoenix) remains on the tropical paradise to fulfill a dream of working with apes for research. Two years later, a lawyer (Heche) comes to New York and hunts down the other two friends to give some sad news. A few days after they left the island, police raided their camp and found amazingly large quantities of hash left about. Phoenix was still residing there, so he had to take the blame. He is set to be put to death in 8 days, and the only way the charges can be decreased is if the two friends come back to paradise and take their share of the responsibilty. If they do, they both will spend three years in prison. If only one does, he will spend six years behind bars...
Director(s): Joseph Ruben
Production: PolyGram Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1998
111 min
269 Views


- OK, man.

- OK.

813

01:
20:46,972 -- 01:20:52,215

I'm gonna see you in a couple hours,

all right? All right?

814

01:
20:52,436 -- 01:20:55,223

Thanks for the tea. I liked that.

815

01:
20:55,439 -- 01:20:59,187

See you in a couple of hours.

You'll be cleaned up. It'll be good.

816

01:
21:02,571 -- 01:21:05,441

Sheriff.

817

01:
21:05,657 -- 01:21:07,449

Yeah?

818

01:
21:09,953 -- 01:21:12,575

I knew you'd come back.

819

01:
21:12,789 -- 01:21:15,625

Even if you didn't.

820

01:
21:19,630 -- 01:21:21,955

Thank you.

821

01:
21:46,114 -- 01:21:49,483

So how bad was it?

822

01:
21:52,704 -- 01:21:57,912

I don't know. I don't know

how bad it was. It was not good.

823

01:
21:58,126 -- 01:22:00,997

What wasn't good, the prison or Lewis?

824

01:
22:01,213 -- 01:22:06,005

The prison sucks, for sure. It's dirty,

it's scary, it's third-world.

825

01:
22:06,218 -- 01:22:08,709

How's Lewis? Is he sick?

826

01:
22:08,929 -- 01:22:12,298

Is he all there mentally?

Is he the same guy we used to know?

827

01:
22:12,516 -- 01:22:14,555

I don't think he's lost his mind,

828

01:
22:14,768 -- 01:22:17,686

but it's not easy sitting around a cell

waiting to hang.

829

01:
22:17,896 -- 01:22:21,645

Yeah. What did he say?

Did he tell you anything?

830

01:
22:21,859 -- 01:22:24,480

He just babbled a little bit, Tone.

831

01:
22:24,695 -- 01:22:27,268

You know, like,

rambled a little bit, you know?

832

01:
22:27,489 -- 01:22:29,482

Like stream-of-consciousness stuff.

833

01:
22:29,700 -- 01:22:33,234

God's not in here.

There's no God in here.

834

01:
22:33,453 -- 01:22:36,205

The sound's beautiful,

like singing in the shower.

835

01:
22:36,415 -- 01:22:38,787

Basically you're saying he lost it.

836

01:
22:39,001 -- 01:22:41,456

He's hanging onto anything

he possibly can.

837

01:
22:41,670 -- 01:22:44,457

- No one's questioning his courage.

- But his sanity?

838

01:
22:44,673 -- 01:22:48,885

You want a way out? Find one.

But Lewis has always talked that way.

839

01:
22:52,014 -- 01:22:56,011

How do... What do you mean, always?

840

01:
22:56,226 -- 01:22:59,429

You're only his lawyer.

You've known him for two years.

841

01:
23:03,400 -- 01:23:06,816

24 years.

842

01:
23:09,531 -- 01:23:13,031

- I'm his sister.

- What?

843

01:
23:19,917 -- 01:23:22,372

He's my baby brother.

844

01:
23:48,111 -- 01:23:50,567

Why didn't you tell me?

845

01:
23:51,615 -- 01:23:54,532

I thought you wouldn't trust me,

Sheriff.

846

01:
23:55,869 -- 01:23:59,155

I thought you'd think

I'd do anything, that I'd say...

847

01:
23:59,373 -- 01:24:02,327

say anything,

that I'd sell you out, that I'd...

848

01:
24:05,212 -- 01:24:08,628

I wanted to... I wanted to tell you.

I tried to tell you.

849

01:
24:09,967 -- 01:24:12,422

But you didn't tell me.

850

01:
24:13,804 -- 01:24:16,425

But you didn't tell me.

851

01:
24:46,879 -- 01:24:48,788

Sheriff?

852

01:
24:58,849 -- 01:25:01,055

What are we still doing here?

853

01:
25:02,477 -- 01:25:04,600

I wish it was that simple, Tony.

854

01:
25:04,813 -- 01:25:07,138

I think it's that simple.

855

01:
25:07,357 -- 01:25:10,524

I came back here based on

what she told me, OK,

856

01:
25:10,736 -- 01:25:13,606

and she gave me her word and she lied.

857

01:
25:15,449 -- 01:25:17,691

How are we going to trust her, Sheriff?

858

01:
25:20,913 -- 01:25:25,990

She drags us into this nightmare, we

find out it is her personal nightmare.

859

01:
25:26,210 -- 01:25:30,622

A woman we don't know from Adam.

I don't know her. You don't know her.

860

01:
25:30,839 -- 01:25:34,255

- What?

- I know her.

861

01:
25:35,928 -- 01:25:37,967

Like, know her.

862

01:
25:40,516 -- 01:25:42,425

Don't even... Don't.

863

01:
25:43,769 -- 01:25:45,975

F***.

864

01:
25:46,188 -- 01:25:48,560

All right, I'm an a**hole.

865

01:
25:48,774 -- 01:25:54,148

No, Tony.

This time I'm the f***ing a**hole.

866

01:
25:54,363 -- 01:25:56,439

Why didn't you tell me?

867

01:
25:56,657 -- 01:26:01,153

What do I owe you to tell you that? It's

not like it's been going on forever.

868

01:
26:01,370 -- 01:26:04,039

- It happened.

- Listen to me...

869

01:
26:04,248 -- 01:26:08,162

Don't make it like I'm holding out

on you because I swear to God I'm not.

870

01:
26:08,377 -- 01:26:11,828

All right. Listen to me, Sheriff.

871

01:
26:12,047 -- 01:26:17,172

This girl will do anything to get you

to do what she needs you to, all right?

872

01:
26:17,386 -- 01:26:19,509

That's her brother in there. Her blood.

873

01:
26:19,721 -- 01:26:24,051

She'll lie to you, she'll sleep with

you, she'll tell you she loves you.

874

01:
26:24,268 -- 01:26:27,471

She'll do anything. She'll get down

on her knees and beg you.

875

01:
26:27,688 -- 01:26:30,179

But don't believe it. It's a setup.

876

01:
26:31,400 -- 01:26:34,484

If we walk out of here, that boy hangs.

877

01:
26:34,695 -- 01:26:37,696

And if we stay maybe we hang.

But if we leave, we live.

878

01:
26:37,906 -- 01:26:41,109

That's the one thing

I know for sure right now.

879

01:
26:52,129 -- 01:26:54,418

He doesn't have clothes?

880

01:
26:54,631 -- 01:26:58,629

Can't you give him a shower

before he turns up in court?

881

01:
27:00,095 -- 01:27:02,882

OK. Listen. I...

882

01:
28:16,839 -- 01:28:18,333

What can I do for you, sir?

883

01:
28:18,549 -- 01:28:22,498

We need two seats on any flight

to New York, as fast as possible.

884

01:
28:40,946 -- 01:28:43,271

What, Sheriff? What is it?

885

01:
28:45,284 -- 01:28:47,857

I trashed that bike, Tony.

886

01:
28:49,037 -- 01:28:52,038

So f***ing what?

Get on the plane, Sheriff.

887

01:
28:52,249 -- 01:28:55,001

Do you want to rot

in one of these prisons?

888

01:
28:56,211 -- 01:29:00,161

- I'm gonna take my chances, Tony.

- You don't have any chances, Sheriff.

889

01:
29:00,382 -- 01:29:03,169

Don't leave your life to fate.

This is stupid.

890

01:
29:04,428 -- 01:29:07,049

I don't know, Tony.

891

01:
29:17,691 -- 01:29:20,229

You have a safe flight.

892

01:
30:03,820 -- 01:30:07,949

- What's he saying?

- He says they returned

893

01:
30:08,158 -- 01:30:10,447

but became frightened and may have left.

894

01:
30:10,661 -- 01:30:13,994

We request adjournment

till the two can be found.

895

01:
30:19,461 -- 01:30:23,411

Um... he's worried about the appearance

of preferential treatment.

896

01:
31:10,470 -- 01:31:12,962

Hey, Lew. How are you?

897

01:
31:13,182 -- 01:31:16,182

My faith in humanity

is half restored.

898

01:
31:16,393 -- 01:31:21,269

In returning voluntarily, you are

to be commended for your courage.

899

01:
31:21,481 -- 01:31:25,100

Is there anything you wish to say

to this court, Mr Volgecherev?

900

01:
31:30,365 -- 01:31:32,773

Not really, Your Honour.

901

01:
31:32,993 -- 01:31:37,322

Just that we were young and stupid,

I guess.

902

01:
31:37,539 -- 01:31:40,576

But not evil.

903

01:
31:40,792 -- 01:31:43,959

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Wesley Strick

Wesley Strick (born February 11, 1954) is an American screenwriter who has written such films as the comic-horror hit Arachnophobia, the Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear and the videogame adaptation Doom. Since 2015, Strick has worked as a writer/executive producer on The Man in the High Castle (Amazon TV series). more…

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