Dreadful waste of fine scenery and a fine actor

beniez

One of those films that makes you wonder "why?"

Why, if Streep's husband could *run* past the dreaded Gauntlet rapids, couldn't the bad guys just *walk*?? Why did the cop turn up for no apparent reason except to provide someone expendable for Kevin Bacon to shoot?? Why did that gun fire first time after (repeatedly) falling in the river??? Why did the dog reappear only to play no part whatever in the plot? And why did Streep give even a second thought to the cheesy character of 'Whitewater' Gail??

And why didn't the critics pan it more thoroughly?

score 2/10

beniez 6 September 1999

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0347418/