i like film that do not provide the typical happy end and and that my main reason for my liking of this movie . alice marano ( dane ) and her best friend darlene ( beckinsale ) be arrest in thailand for narcotic smuggle after a tip anonymously phone in to the thai authority . the film do a solid job of keep viewer guess a to whether ( or which ) of the girl be involve and and bill pullman be perfect a their sleazy lawyer . jacqueline kim turn in a terrific performance a his more kind and magnanimous wife and yon and who be also an attorney . i wish the girl have be abuse more in the prison and a another commenter have suggest and a i have hear that thai prison can be quite brutal . where this film grab me and however and be it end . alice subject herself to a sentence of 96 year in total so that darlene can be pardon and and we ( the viewer ) realize that they be both innocent . any film that defies my expectation of the end win extra point with me and and this well acted drama be certainly deserve .