Alice (Claire Danes) and her best friend Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) travel to Thailand for their high school graduation trip. Although their parents think they are in Hawaii, the pair have a great time in Bangkok.They meet an Australian, Nick Parks, who shows them around the city. He offers to trade in his first-class ticket for 3 coach tickets, so they can explore Hong Kong for the weekend. He is to fly ahead and meet them after a business meeting. Alice and Darlene are shocked when, in line to board their flight to Hong Kong, they are surrounded by Thai police. Heroin is found in their bags.
From prison, Alice sends a plea to an America lawyer working in Bangkok, Yankee Hank. Can he do anything to get them out of prison? Is there a way to prove that the drugs were not theirs? And where has Nick Parks disappeared to?
This movie is a look at the drug trafficking problem in Thailand and the unsuspecting young people, largely from the US, who are tricked or enticed to transport those drugs. There are currently many of these young people in Thai prisons. This movie is a sort of compilation of their stories. The acting is phenomenal. Both Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale do an amazing job in their roles.
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