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The River Wild

Name: The River Wild
Director: Curtis Hanson
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1994-09-30
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, Joseph Mazzello

1994 · 1h 51m · Adventure, Thriller, Drama

IMDb 6.5 Metacritic 63 RT 64%

If you want a solid '90s thriller that actually delivers on its premise—family vacation hijacked by criminals with genuine stakes—then absolutely watch it tonight. Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon make this tense and character-driven, elevating what could've been a forgettable action flick into something worth your time.

Plot

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.

Director: Curtis Hanson

Cast: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, Joseph Mazzello

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