Joseph Ruben's "Return to Paradise" is a thriller that traps its characters in an exquisite dilemma involving life and death. Two friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in … Beth tries all sorts of tactics to get the two men to agree to her plan -- that has no guarantee in writing -- including hints of possible romance between her and Sheriff. For language, drug content, some sexuality and a scene of violence. That's the Prisoner's Dilemma in a nutshell. He pushes some guys and then holds what's either a small knife or an old-fashioned bottle opener to a guy's throat. Minor Moderate Beyond early drug use, he smokes, gets drunk in one scene and cusses a lot. Thus, the film essentially boils down to a morality play featuring basically anonymously drawn characters. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Pagkakaiba ng pagsulat ng ulat at sulating pananaliksik? Heavy Phrases: "Holy sh*t," "Chicks" (for women), "Give 'em hell," "Whore," "Bastards," "Hard as hell" and "Sucks." A number of twists and turns along the span of the movie makes it hard if not impossible to predict who will decide to do what next. Without that, the fear factor is lessened, and then also applies to what his two friends may face if they agree to the plan. Sheriff and Beth kiss, and he lays her down on a bed, with him on top of her and more kissing. Likewise, Beth could be seen having both for her manipulative efforts to get the men to agree to the plan. ANNE HECHE plays Lewis' attorney who will do anything to get his two friends to agree to her plan, including sleeping with Sheriff (although that also somewhat naturally progresses from their close contact). Though the clock ticks relentlessly enough to sustain the story's tension, the film finally seems to be a character study in search of a gripping plot. They also purchase a large bag of hash from a drug dealer. Joaquin Phoenix ("Inventing The Abbotts," "To Die For") is also good as the sickly prisoner who desperately wants to live, but like the other characters suffers from the audience not knowing much about what makes him tick. A man smokes "pure rock cocaine" in the back of Sheriff's limo. Another problem stems from the fact that we don't know these guys very well, and apparently they don't know each other that well either. Phrases: "Holy sh*t," "Chicks" (for women), "Give 'em hell," "Whore," "Bastards," "Hard as hell" and "Sucks.". ga('send', 'pageview'); Two years later, attorney Beth Eastern (ANNE HECHE) approaches Sheriff and Tony and delivers startling news and a disturbing plan. Music(Inappropriate) After Maeva's death in childbirth, the distraught Morgan departs the island, leaving Turia behind with her grandmother. Still exuding that young Paul Newman/Marlon Brando aura, Vaughn does well with what he's been given, however, and his character's nebulous qualities keep the audience continually guessing about his final decision. I'm right here. ga('require', 'displayfeatures'); m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Vince Vaughn ("Swingers," "The Locusts") continues to impress with his performances, although I would have preferred him having a more fleshed out character with which to work. $2,465,129 The clear standout among the performers is easily Anne Heche ("Six Days, Seven Nights," "Wag The Dog") who continues to deliver one strong performance after another, and she seems to be gaining greater confidence in her thespian abilities with each picture. Sheriff and Beth have beer again. As the guard takes Sheriff out, Beth says that she will take her brother back home and then return to Malaysia to wait for his release. The film was dedicated to him at the end. Beth, however, realizes that any such story will likely result in the death sentence being carried out. Unlike "Midnight Express" that showed the horrors of torture at the hands of a foreign penal code, this film barely shows the prisoner until late in the movie.

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