Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Vince Vaughn
as John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev

Anne Heche
as Beth Eastern

Joaquin Phoenix
as Lewis McBride

David Conrad
as Tony Croft

Jada Pinkett Smith
as M.J. Major

Vera Farmiga
as Kerrie

Nick Sandow
as Ravitch

Elizabeth Rodriguez
as Gaby

Ming Lee
as Mr. Chandran

Joel de la Fuente
as Mr. Doramin
Wuchak
_**Great moral conundrum and message, but too contrived**_ "Return to Paradise" (1998) is about three Americans in Malaysia. Two of them are friends from New York City (Vincent Vaughn and David Conrad) and the other they meet there, an environmental-hippie type (Joaquin Phoenix). The three have a...