Return to the Romance, Return to the Adventure…|Aug. 02, 1991|USA|98 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Adventure;Drama
Description: Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) is a captivating film set in the South Pacific Ocean, beginning in 1897. The story picks up where the original movie left off, as a ship discovers a small dinghy with three passengers. The two adults are found dead, but a two-year-old boy named Richard survives. The crew takes him aboard and entrusts him to Mrs. Sarah Hargrave, a widow caring for her young daughter, Lilli. When cholera strikes the ship, Sarah and the children are cast adrift with a sailor named Kearney. Kearney attempts to kill Richard due to his incessant crying but is killed by Sarah, who then throws his body overboard.
The trio eventually reaches a tropical island, where Sarah raises the children with a focus on civilization and education, using the Bible and her own knowledge. She warns them never to explore the forbidden side of the island. Eight years later, Sarah dies of pneumonia, leaving Richard and Lilli, now 10 and 8 years old, to survive on their own. They rely on their resourcefulness and the island’s natural resources to thrive in their secluded paradise.
Cast director: William A. Graham
Cast actor: Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause, Lisa Pelikan, Courtney Barilla, Garette Ratliff Henson, Brian Blain, Emma James, Jackson Barton, Nana Coburn, Peter Hehir
Original name: Return to the Blue Lagoon