From NetFlix:

Americans Lewis (Joaquin Phoenix), Sheriff (Vince Vaughn) and Tony
(David Conrad) spend a carefree summer together on the beaches of
Malaysia. Two years later, a lawyer (Anne Heche) tells Sheriff and
Tony that Lewis has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
If both go back to claim their share of the drugs, each will go to
prison for three years; if only one goes, he’ll be jailed for six
years. If both refuse, Lewis will die.

The best thing about this film for me was to learn that Vince Vaughn can act. All I have seen
him in previously were films of the type “Wedding Crashers”. And as usual, Joaquin Phoenix
comes through with another original idiosyncratic character.

I watched the movie in denial: “This could never happen to me because a) I would never
go to Malaysia, b) I do not smoke pot (especially in Malaysia)”. But the really scary difficult
question is: what would I do in their situation ?

This is NOT a feel-good movie. It is suspenseful: how will this ever turn out ? There are
a few plot twists. The prison is ugly.

Says a lot about human nature.