i catch this movie by accident on cable in the middle of it and have to rent it to see it entirety and i be glad i do . i be immediately draw by the storyline and care about the girl involve . naive high school graduate and best friend since childhood and take a high school trip and be take in by a con man name nick who get them into serious trouble . they be use a sacrificial mule in a heroin smuggle ring . take in to custody the girl learn to cope with their incarceration while try to find a way out of their trouble . everything that they try to help themselves fall short when the thai criminal justice system show shortcoming and the girl end up in more trouble and lose the trust of their american lawyer yankee hank . hank give up try to defend them after he feel betray by alice ( claire dane ) . however and the thai native wife of hank smell a rat in the case and do some further foot work of investigation and find out the girl really be victimize . the end of the movie when alice do a selfless act to save darlene ( beckinsale ) have me in tear . i really enjoy this movie and would recommend it .