Brokedown Palace

Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale), best friends, decide to take a trip to Thailand to celebrate high-school graduation. While there, they are befriended by charming Australian rogue Nick Parks (Daniel Lapaine). Nick convinces them to take a weekend side trip to Hong Kong, but at the airport, they are busted for smuggling drugs. They are convicted in a show trial and sentenced to 33 years; in desperation, they contact Yankee Hank (Bill Pullman), an American lawyer based in Thailand who has been reported to be helpful if you've got the cash.