Whilst Sutherland gives an impressive and powerful performance as an American on the run, the lack of substance and originality leaves you feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
River
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Canada, United States · 2016
1h 35m
Director Jamie M. Dagg
Starring Rossif Sutherland, Sara Botsford, Ted Atherton, Douangmany Soliphanh
Genre Thriller
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In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. Things quickly spiral out of control when the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River. Now, he is on the run from a crime he didn't commit.
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Dagg’s thriller is slow to get going and hampered by an inexpressive leading man.
The Hollywood Reporter by Harry Windsor
River ends with relief, followed by a reversal that’s the last thing you expect from this unvarnished, unsentimental tale of self-preservation: an act of quietly powerful heroism.
Dagg keeps things simple, but his jogging camera whips up the urgency and he’s well-served by Sutherland’s rangy physicality.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Nathalie Atkinson
In a demanding role light on dialogue, Sutherland’s rangy, loping physicality serves both the character and the action well – camera and fugitive are seldom at rest, and on the move in tense, extended bursts whenever an opportunity presents itself.
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