This well acted, intense drama is worth seeing on two counts:
1) The excellent performances by Lewis (Phoenix) and Beth (Ann Heche)
2) The uncompromising and original plot.
Three young men decide to party in Malaysia, leaving one of them, a Greenpeace activist, behind after two years. He is sentenced to hang for a drug charge; only his two friends who have returned to America can save him.
Not a car chase in sight, but the tension is high. The unexpected, emotion-filled ending is both gratifying and sad. I recommend this film with eight (8) stars.
1) The excellent performances by Lewis (Phoenix) and Beth (Ann Heche)
2) The uncompromising and original plot.
Three young men decide to party in Malaysia, leaving one of them, a Greenpeace activist, behind after two years. He is sentenced to hang for a drug charge; only his two friends who have returned to America can save him.
Not a car chase in sight, but the tension is high. The unexpected, emotion-filled ending is both gratifying and sad. I recommend this film with eight (8) stars.