"The River King" does OK for a caper and crime drama. The actors including the likable Edward Burns all take a decent turn, and the direction and cinematography are competent. The pacing sort of drags toward the last quarter of the movie. Towards the end, you're wondering if the director wants us to wonder what the outcome really was. There are a couple of side-plots which are more or less distractions: one being Burn's goofy romance with the local English teacher, and the second being his relationship and recollections of his family with his father. Well shot during what looks to be winter in New England, the movie profits from it's use of setting and season. Not a bad watch, with decent music that sometimes gets repetitive.
Review of The River King
