The River Murders

2011
R
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

Christian Slater, Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, and Sarah Ann Schultz in The River Murders (2011)

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Crime Mystery Thriller

While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
Originally titled The River Sorrow.

Goofs
No coroner can tell a corpse has a broken neck by just looking at it.

Which is why they don't like to make committing statements until after the autopsy. As the coroner who phoned the detective with the news did.

Quotes
Jack Verdon: I didn't do these and you know it!

Soundtracks
Love Is All Around
Written and Produced By Emir Isilay
Performed by Natalia Aleykina
Courtesy of Bosphorus Music

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Review

Featured review

5/10

Not great, but a lot better then some.

I have to admit I'm not a big fan of Ray Liotta's. I've seen him in a lot of films, but usually in a co-starring or secondary capacity, and usually as a psycho, but the trailer looked good (don't they always?) so I watched this one.

The River Murders is surprisingly good. Liotta does a decent job portraying an aging cop victimized by a serial killer for some unknown reason. His character is mostly believable (100 women? Really? And you remember all of their names?) as he looks into reasons why his past lovers are suddenly being killed off. Severely underused actors Christian Slater and Ving Rhames go along for the ride as an FBI agent who thinks Liotta's the one killing the women, and his boss, who suspends him pending further investigation.

Although you figure out early who the real killer is the movie keeps you guessing the reasons why until the end and, even though he's a little over the top religiously, is believable.

This isn't the greatest movie you'll ever see, and it does have it's flaws, but you won't walk away thinking you killed an hour and a half for nothing.