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The River Wild
1994
Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a novice rafter with a magnetic .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Meryl Streep |
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| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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The River Wild
Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a novice rafter with a magnetic personality. When the family finds Wade and his friend Terry (John C. Reilly) stranded and abandoned by their guide, Gail and Tom decide to help them navigate the rapids. However, family fun turns to terror when Wade and Terry show their true colors--they're really criminals trying to evade the police following a major heist. To make matters worse, their escape route requires that they run the Gauntlet, deadly rapids where three rivers converge in violently tumultuous waters. This taut thriller from director Curtis Hanson (BAD INFLUENCE, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) features Streep in her first role as an action-adventure heroine, while Bacon is truly menacing as the psychotic Wade, a desperate criminal in over his head.
| Starring | Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Meryl Streep, John C. Reilly |
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| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 06 Mar 2002 |
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This tense family-therapy thriller doesn't produce any surprises, but sometimes, perhaps, it's enough just to go along... read more on Time Out
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Stunning scenery and a well presented if not very original story line. What sets River wild apart from other similar thrillers is the interaction between a very... read more »
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Seriously under-rated film
It's funny with some early-mid 90's films - some of them are so good that, even after 5 watches, you will still see them again on TV and watch them all ... read more »
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Meryl Streep makes it! :)
Love this movie, great cast, good story line. Still looks modern without the use of dodgy CGI. If it wasnt for Meryl Streep it would be a stinker!! :)
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Okay movie with a slight twist!
Without being earth shattering this is an alright movie. The best bit about it for me was the turn round of the husband who seems as if he is going to be a bit ... read more »
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Lucky You
- 19 Jun 2007
Remember Swingers? 'You're money, baby!' Well Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is so not money, he's flat broke. And that may as well stand for Lucky You, too. Curtis Hanson's film has been sitting on the shelf for some time now, and was finally released in the US the same week as Spider-man 3 (not even the incredible hulk would relish that fight). Not surprisingly it bombed. Although he's a chronic gambler and a card sharp, Huck only cares about money in so much as it buys him a seat at the table.... Read more
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The River Wild
Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a ...
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