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Surprisingly close to the storyline of "Return to Paradise", this one is about two young American women traveling in Thailand who are caught with heroin in their luggage. They are thrown into prison and much of the movie involves attorney Bill Pullman's attempt to get them out with a plea bargain. There is a surprise twist at trhe end I did not expect. I enjoyed this one very much.
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"Return to Paradise" is one of my favorite movies...but I could not stand "Brokedown Palace". IMHO, they are nothing alike, story-wise or in anyway else."Return to Paradise" is a story based on the "prisoner's dilemna"...a favorite statistics model used to illustrate expected outcome and range. But beyond that, it is a strong character-driven story that manages to avoid the cliches of foreign prisons and corrupt government officials. The ending was particularly "non-Hollywood"...unexpected but very believable, very satisfying, and leaving enough (but not too much) room for people to debate the decisions of the characters involved.
"Brokedown Palace" was IMHO a total Hollywood effort, full of cliches, full of plot holes, and a completely predictable and an ending that had a technobeat and a prisoner looking at 30 years with a smile on her face because she "made the right decision".
Just my opinion, of course...
I enjoyed both. Both are about young Americans being caught with drugs in a southeast Asian country with very strict drug laws and their attempts to free themselves.
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