The River Wild is a 1994 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 couple, Gail (Meryl Streep) and Tom (David Strathairn) are having marital problems, due to Tom's inability to spend time with his family because of his work as an architect. Gail, a rafting expert, decides to take their son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) on a holiday rafting trip down the Salmon River in Idaho, along with their pet dog. Their daughter Willa (Stephanie Sawyer) accompanies them to Gail's parents' house in Idaho. At the last minute, just when they are about to leave for the almost week-long trip, Tom joins them. As they are setting off, they meet a couple of other rafters, Wade (Kevin Bacon) and Terry (John C. Reilly), who appear to be friendly. Thus Gail, Tom, and Roarke leave for the trip, leaving Willa behind to be taken care of by her grandparents.
After a day's rafting, the family make camp for the night, but Tom continues to work on his renderings rather than entering fully into the
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