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Summary: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
Review: In RETURN TO PARADISE, director Joe Ruben's last movie, everyone follows his own law. Malaysia does have one of the most severe law concerning drug dealers, newspapermen's law is the law of the fastest and the law of Anne "Beth" Heche and of the audience is the law of the heart. Boy ! What a mess ! No wonder if Vince "Sherif" Vaughn and Joaquin "Lewis" Phoenix are puzzled.An american movie dealing with moral problems ; it's rare enough nowadays to be underlined. Even if the main idea of RETURN TO PARADISE has been borrowed from a french movie... So the question : " Shall I or shan't I get back to Malaysia in order to save my friend " is the motto of the movie. We have to thank a lot director Joe Ruben for not having us intoxicated with the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS syndrome ; RETURN TO PARADISE deals with the reactions of ordinary people involved in higher than life moral problems. And one suffers with them. A melting pot DVD.
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Summary: An unexpected soul wrencher!
Review: Few movies have affected me so profoundly! I found myself aching and wrenching along with each character, feeling involved in the inner struggle each character faced in fighting for Lewis or making THE decision. I, of course, found myself asking if "I had it in me." "Return..." is filled with profound symbolism on many levels, teaches hard to accept real-life lessons, and forces rarely asked moral questions upon the watcher. Make sure the tissues are handy for this one. I cried---sobbed would be more accurate--during and long after this movie. I am sure this movie will be with me for a long time to come. My small objection to this movie was the romantic aspect, especially the romantic outcome. I feel the way in which the romantic outcome was portrayed, especially the timing of it, undermined the powerful story and profound ending. EXCELLENT movie, despite the objection. An unexpected soul wrencher!
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Summary: Boring but at least heart-wrenching
Review: this movie has good actors, a moving story, scenes that you will be thinking about a long time and a real shocking and unexpected ending. but for me, this movie has one big problem: there is really nothing much happening during the entire middle of the movie. anne heche tries to make vince vaughn (who acts really good) "return to paradise" to save the life of louis. this takes over an hour to take place and isn't as much interesting, shocking, thoughtful or anything as the great and unsuspected ending is. it's really sad and will leave you thinking. but I think you should not judge the malaysia by seeing this movie ( I don't think it is intended to make you do it ).
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Summary: Great storyline
Review: An extremely intriguing movie is 'Return to Paradise'. This movie seemed to skip the cinemas here and went straight to video, for reasons unknown. This was recommended to me after seeing 'Brokedown Palace' but this is a much better movie. This movie will make you think, and will leave you thinking days after. What would you do in a situation where you had to choose 3 years in prison, or the loss of a friend. One criticism here, is that the film should have presented the friends as 3 school buddies who were getting together for all times sake. It would have had much more impact. In the movie they only knew the guy (Phoenix) for 5 weeks. The film does have a few weaknesses such as the love affair between Heche and Vaughn. That spoilt it in a way as it stole the true importance of the movie. Why does Hollywood think they need a love affair in every movie? Heche would have been too wound up about her brother to be thinking of things like that - afterall, the countdown had truly begun - only days to go until her brother was to be hung. Aside from these issues, we have a film that is worth viewing and contains brilliant performances by all cast members especially by Anne Heche. The movie really did deserve cinema exposure.
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Summary: Deeply Moving Moral Study
Review: What a shame this movie was poorly marketed. The acting is uniformly strong, and the ending is quite surprising. A rare movie that you will find has you thinking about it for many months later.
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Summary: Has a little of everything...
Review: This was a great movie for those who are looking for adventure, friendship, action, and love in a movie. I thought the acting was great. The movie really makes you think of what you would do if you were in that situation. If you like Vince, you will love this! The music is beautiful as well! It is just one of those films that stays with you for a while.
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Summary: mediocre at best...
Review: this film had a great idea behind it, but it just turned out to be a cheesy love story.
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Summary: moral issues 101
Review: I might add this is a must see for anyone wanting to view compelling issues which demand intense decision making...this is one of those movies.. just when life seems to be finally giving you your days in the sun...WHAM...would you serve time in a third world prison, to save the life of a friend? Would ya? This movie makes the viewer think about moral character; when we are called to act on it, do we make the right decisions..or are we apathetic about caring for others, especially when we participated in causing harm in the first place...does the human spirit continue to compel us to do the right thing? Or are we moral jerks? A great "thinking" movie for a change.
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Summary: Best Prison Film Since Midnight Express!
Review: This Film Didnt Get the Recognition nor the Accolades that it deserved! Came and went in the theaters, many people have discovered this Little Gem On Video! More than Just a Typical Prison Film, this is a Film about Friendship and Love! I am sure that everyone who has seen this film ask themselves the same question, "What Would I Have Done In a Situation Like This?". For The People Who have seen the Film, My Honest Answer was "NO WAY WOULD I HAVE GONE BACK!" The acting is exceptional and this should have been Anne Heche's Breakout Performace! Do yourself a favor and See This Film, you wont be dissapointed!
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Summary: Boringgg
Review: A story about the most stupid person on the planet. Leave your fiancee to serve a prison term in Malaysia to save the life of someone you knew for a short time. yeah right.
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