Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
Victor Galloway
- Gail's Father
- (as Victor H. Galloway)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaAn exhausted Meryl Streep balked when Director Curtis Hanson asked her to shoot one more scene before filming finished for the end of the day. However, she decided to attempt it. Swept off the raft, she was in real danger of drowning, before she was rescued. Returning upriver, she told a pale and shaking Hanson that "in the future, when I say I can't do something, I think we should believe me." Hanson hastily agreed.
- GoofsWhen Tom loses his grip on the cliff and plunges into the river, the cliff face is actually gray fabric painted to look like rock. If you look carefully, it moves and bounces like fabric as he rolls down it.
- Crazy creditsDog named 'Maggie' is listed in the credits (almost top-billing) as being played by a dog named 'Buffy.'
- SoundtracksCope
Written by David Gibbs, Paul Brouwer, Steve Hurley, and Paul Hurley
Performed by Gigolo Aunts
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music
Featured review
I hadn't heard of this movie until my parents told me about it, and we ended up watching it tonight. I thought it was pretty entertaining! It definitely "feels" like a 90s movie at times, and it can be a bit cheesy, but it doesn't really need to be anything more or less than that in my opinion.
The performances by Kevin Bacon and Meryl Streep are great. I loved seeing Bacon play a bad guy, I don't know if I ever have until this point. The story is gripping mostly during the latter half of the movie, the intensity is turned up and there's a pretty solid payoff by the end of it. This movie would be too generic if it weren't for the river setting throughout the whole movie - it really added some memorable moments, and I'm sure I won't be forgetting this one.
Overall, this was a fun time! It has everything that I'd normally look for in a suspenseful/thriller, has likable cast members and throws a spin on a conventional drama, turning it into something memorable and worth giving a look.
The performances by Kevin Bacon and Meryl Streep are great. I loved seeing Bacon play a bad guy, I don't know if I ever have until this point. The story is gripping mostly during the latter half of the movie, the intensity is turned up and there's a pretty solid payoff by the end of it. This movie would be too generic if it weren't for the river setting throughout the whole movie - it really added some memorable moments, and I'm sure I won't be forgetting this one.
Overall, this was a fun time! It has everything that I'd normally look for in a suspenseful/thriller, has likable cast members and throws a spin on a conventional drama, turning it into something memorable and worth giving a look.
- yusufpiskin
- Jul 18, 2020
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Dòng Sông Hung Dữ
- Filming locations
- Kootenai River, Libby, Montana, USA(The raft shooting the rapids)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,816,343
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,214,450
- Oct 2, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $94,216,343
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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