Based on the 1989 Euro-arthouser, Force Majeure, Return To Paradise is a character-driven slow-burner much like last year's Red Corner, highlighting the fact that crimes considered petty in the West often encourage a bit of neck-stretching in the Far East. And, like Red Corner (`good' Richard Gere versus `bad' Chinese law), Joseph Ruben's emotional pot-boiler deals with the human consequences of a legal culture clash, with an American abroad facing the wrath of a draconian justice system.
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