The River Wild

The River Wild

1994 · 1 hr 51 min · PG-13

Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Directors

Curtis Hanson

Actors

  • Meryl Streep
  • Kevin Bacon
  • David Strathairn

Credits: 3

Summary

Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

More about this movie

The teacher Gail Hartman is facing problems with her marriage with her husband, the workaholic architect Tom Hartman. On the birthday of their son Roarke, Gail decides to leave her daughter with her parents and take her family to raft down a wild river where she was a guide. On the departure, a young man named Wade befriends Roarke and leaves the place with his friends Terry and Frank. Later the family encounters Wade and Terry, who do not have rafting experience, and Gail helps them to cross a whitewater. They get closer to the family and soon Gail and Tom learn a dark secret about Wade and Terry. What will they do to get rid of the men?