Live Flesh vs Return to Paradise
Live Flesh has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Return to Paradise). Live Flesh is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 49m. Live Flesh is the older of the two (1997 against 1998). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Live Flesh
Return to Paradise| Live Flesh | Return to Paradise | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | Spain | – |
| Director | Pedro Almodóvar | Joseph Ruben |
| Main cast | Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina | David Zayas, Nick Sandow, Vince Vaughn, Vera Farmiga, David Conrad |
Synopsis
Live Flesh
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
Return to Paradise
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.
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