The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello. The story involves a family on a whitewater rafting trip who encounter two violent criminals in the wilderness.
A Boston family, Gail (Streep), Tom (Strathairn), and their child Roarke (Mazzello), decide to take a holiday rafting down the Salmon River in Idaho. As they are setting...
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The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello. The story involves a family on a whitewater rafting trip who encounter two violent criminals in the wilderness.
A Boston family, Gail (Streep), Tom (Strathairn), and their child Roarke (Mazzello), decide to take a holiday rafting down the Salmon River in Idaho. As they are setting off they meet a couple of other rafters: Wade (Bacon) and Terry (Reilly), who appear to be two fun loving guys.
After a day's rafting the family make camp for the night and are joined by Wade and Terry who join with the family in celebrating Roarke's birthday. Wade begins acting suspiciously and Gail decides it would be best to part ways. During the morning's rafting Wade reveals to Roarke that they have a gun with them. As they raft down the river the parents discuss an exit strategy that will allow them to leave the two guys behind and at...
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