Return to Paradise (1998)
"Give up three years of their lives or give up the life of their friend. They have eight days to decide."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 64%
(RT: 72%, MC: 56) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is Return to Paradise good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 319 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 64%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
