Return to Paradise Page #9

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
267 Views


712

01:
05:09,701 -- 01:05:12,157

What do you want?

713

01:
05:20,128 -- 01:05:22,501

Oh, my God.

714

01:
05:32,307 -- 01:05:34,929

You're killing me, Beth.

715

01:
05:35,143 -- 01:05:37,183

I'm killing you?

716

01:
05:40,274 -- 01:05:42,432

You're killing me.

717

01:
06:45,923 -- 01:06:47,962

Sheriff?

718

01:
06:51,470 -- 01:06:52,845

Oh, sh*t.

719

01:
06:53,055 -- 01:06:55,462

Sheriff, are you there?

720

01:
06:58,519 -- 01:07:03,015

I was just gonna say

that I hope that, um...

721

01:
07:05,234 -- 01:07:08,768

you don't think last night was about...

722

01:
07:11,740 -- 01:07:15,820

Um... could you call me

when you get this message?

723

01:
07:16,036 -- 01:07:18,076

That'd be good. All right.

724

01:
07:33,011 -- 01:07:35,253

Can I sit next to you on the plane?

725

01:
08:19,516 -- 01:08:21,841

Hi, Tony. Tony?

726

01:
08:22,060 -- 01:08:24,978

- Hm?

- You all right?

727

01:
08:27,274 -- 01:08:29,599

- Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

- Sure?

728

01:
08:32,029 -- 01:08:35,445

Do you wanna, um...

Do you want to switch with us?

729

01:
08:35,657 -- 01:08:39,702

- Yeah, do you want to switch seats?

- No, I like my seat. It's fine.

730

01:
08:40,996 -- 01:08:44,828

Sheriff, I'm a big boy.

I don't need somebody to hold my hand.

731

01:
08:45,042 -- 01:08:47,200

- OK.

- All right.

732

01:
08:49,254 -- 01:08:52,208

At least until we

get over the Philippines.

733

01:
09:45,978 -- 01:09:48,433

Come on, move it, man! Let's go!

734

01:
09:48,647 -- 01:09:50,604

- Whoo!

- Look out!

735

01:
09:50,816 -- 01:09:54,315

Woo-hoo! Yes!

736

01:
10:24,016 -- 01:10:27,219

Maybe we should all wash up,

meet in a half hour or so.

737

01:
10:27,436 -- 01:10:29,642

Fine with me.

738

01:
10:31,565 -- 01:10:34,566

- Is that cool with everyone?

- Yeah, it's fine.

739

01:
10:35,694 -- 01:10:38,150

- I'm right here.

- All right, man.

740

01:
11:35,128 -- 01:11:37,121

Hi.

741

01:
12:35,689 -- 01:12:37,516

Sheriff...

742

01:
12:42,821 -- 01:12:45,775

What's the matter? What's wrong?

743

01:
12:49,453 -- 01:12:51,695

Um...

744

01:
12:51,914 -- 01:12:54,155

What?

745

01:
12:55,417 -- 01:12:58,122

I'm gonna miss you.

746

01:
12:58,337 -- 01:13:01,172

I'm gonna miss you.

747

01:
13:51,098 -- 01:13:55,048

They won't bend.

Only one visitor allowed in there.

748

01:
13:55,269 -- 01:13:58,887

- One at a time?

- No, only one today.

749

01:
13:59,106 -- 01:14:01,727

- Oh, great.

- What do you want to do?

750

01:
14:01,942 -- 01:14:04,100

Do you mind

if I go back there and see him?

751

01:
14:05,404 -- 01:14:07,480

- No. No, you go.

- Are you sure?

752

01:
14:07,698 -- 01:14:10,864

Go ahead.

753

01:
14:11,076 -- 01:14:13,697

- Tell him I'll see him soon.

- OK.

754

01:
14:15,581 -- 01:14:18,747

Can you come back here?

755

01:
15:35,077 -- 01:15:38,327

I hear you.

756

01:
16:29,798 -- 01:16:31,791

Lew?

757

01:
16:41,143 -- 01:16:43,515

Lewis?

758

01:
16:49,359 -- 01:16:51,897

- Sheriff?

- Yeah.

759

01:
16:53,280 -- 01:16:55,688

Didn't they tell you I was coming?

760

01:
16:55,908 -- 01:16:58,446

I was praying.

I thought you were a dream

761

01:
16:58,660 -- 01:17:02,076

cos no prayer of mine's

ever been answered here before.

762

01:
17:02,289 -- 01:17:05,373

Yeah? I sure as hell ain't a dream.

I'll tell you that.

763

01:
17:06,835 -- 01:17:09,160

It's good to see you.

764

01:
17:09,379 -- 01:17:11,870

- It's good to see you.

- You too!

765

01:
17:12,090 -- 01:17:16,005

- How are you, man?

- I'm better now.

766

01:
17:16,220 -- 01:17:19,505

That's good. That's good.

767

01:
17:19,723 -- 01:17:22,510

- How are you?

- I'm all right, man.

768

01:
17:22,726 -- 01:17:25,976

- You look good. Nice. Nice.

- Spiff on.

769

01:
17:27,397 -- 01:17:31,312

You've come so far. Are you thirsty?

Do you want some tea?

770

01:
17:31,527 -- 01:17:35,192

- I can make some tea.

- All right. Yeah. Let's have some tea.

771

01:
17:35,405 -- 01:17:38,821

- It's not warm or anything but...

- It's OK.

772

01:
17:43,038 -- 01:17:46,407

- You're not cold, are you?

- Nah, I'm not cold.

773

01:
17:46,625 -- 01:17:47,870

No?

774

01:
17:48,085 -- 01:17:50,790

Tony is here to see you too.

He's outside.

775

01:
17:51,004 -- 01:17:57,506

- You see, they took away my blanket.

- Why did they take your blanket away?

776

01:
17:57,719 -- 01:18:01,931

Cos they were scared that I was gonna

tear it into strips to hang myself.

777

01:
18:02,140 -- 01:18:05,972

I said, "Hey, guys, what do you think

I'm paying you for?"

778

01:
18:12,109 -- 01:18:14,481

Thank you, man. That's good tea.

779

01:
18:16,738 -- 01:18:19,443

I know why Tony didn't come in here.

780

01:
18:19,658 -- 01:18:24,154

I know. Cos there's no God in here.

781

01:
18:24,371 -- 01:18:26,909

They only let one visitor in at a time.

782

01:
18:27,124 -- 01:18:29,366

That's why I pray now, Sheriff.

783

01:
18:29,585 -- 01:18:32,621

I... Cos...

784

01:
18:32,838 -- 01:18:38,081

Out there there's no need to... to pray

785

01:
18:38,302 -- 01:18:41,920

where-where-where God's hand is felt.

786

01:
18:42,139 -- 01:18:46,267

You know? Where God is apparent?

787

01:
18:47,227 -- 01:18:51,557

But in here there's definitely a need

788

01:
18:51,773 -- 01:18:57,064

to-to pray, t-t-t-to beg,

to plead, to sing

789

01:
18:57,279 -- 01:19:00,778

for... for a sign like...

790

01:
19:02,492 -- 01:19:06,075

You know how... You know how...

791

01:
19:06,288 -- 01:19:10,416

how your voice sounds so pretty

792

01:
19:10,626 -- 01:19:12,951

in the shower?

793

01:
19:13,170 -- 01:19:16,918

Because... because

there's nothing else there.

794

01:
19:17,132 -- 01:19:20,964

Because it echoes off the walls

and it sounds so pretty.

795

01:
19:22,554 -- 01:19:25,674

That's why prayer sounds so perfect

in here.

796

01:
19:27,518 -- 01:19:31,764

Because it's so...

Because it's so totally empty.

797

01:
19:31,980 -- 01:19:35,563

Because it's so... it's so godless.

798

01:
19:35,776 -- 01:19:40,568

It's... It's so void of...

of anything.

799

01:
19:41,907 -- 01:19:47,530

And do you know how I know, Sheriff?

Do you know how I know?

800

01:
19:48,497 -- 01:19:50,822

I know because...

801

01:
19:51,041 -- 01:19:55,253

because I... I ask myself...

802

01:
19:55,462 -- 01:19:58,878

would I come back for you?

803

01:
19:59,091 -- 01:20:01,214

And the only answer

804

01:
20:01,426 -- 01:20:08,046

is a godless empty evil "No. "

805

01:
20:08,267 -- 01:20:11,552

I'm sorry

I wouldn't have come back!

806

01:
20:12,938 -- 01:20:16,307

- I'm sorry.

- Don't be. It's OK.

807

01:
20:16,525 -- 01:20:20,854

Because I didn't come back just for you.

808

01:
20:21,071 -- 01:20:24,570

I didn't come back just for you,

you know?

809

01:
20:24,783 -- 01:20:28,401

It's all right. Man, it's OK.

810

01:
20:28,620 -- 01:20:30,779

Do you know what I mean? Come here.

811

01:
20:30,998 -- 01:20:33,156

It's OK.

812

01:
20:42,342 -- 01:20:46,091

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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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