i watch this movie 11 year ago in company with my best female friend . i get my judgment teeth pull out so i do not feel very good . i end up like it big time . it a hard watch if you take in account that it deal with friendship and unwanted betrayal and power and money and drug traffic and and the extreme hard situation that deal with living in a foreign jail . the acting be on it prime level . two of the woman that i lust the most star and that a good thing . claire dane be a cute and charming a always while kate beckinsale be extremely hot and deliver a fine performance . bill pullman be also great and demonstrate his histrionic quality . there be many plot twist to dig from and make it an interesting visual experience . plus it show the difficult time at thailand . this be an underrated movie . not many film like this one have come up in recent history . it should make you reflex about many thing .