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Director:
Michael Schroeder
Writers:
John Crowther (writer)
Bayard Johnson (writer)
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Release Date:
13 October 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure more
Plot:
A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a deranged psychotic killer. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Stephen Shellen ... Ray
Lisa Aliff ... Anne
John Terlesky ... Carl
Marc Poppel ... Luke
Bradford Bancroft ... Jerry
Louis Van Niekerk ... Von Hoenigen
Leslie Mongezi ... Mavuso
Moses Ncube ... Young Boy
Mtcheso Ncube ... Witchdoctor
Todd Brownell ... Von Hoenigen's Man
Joe Siabe ... Von Hoenigen's Man
Tetrex Tshuma ... Von Hoenigen's Man
Boniface Chivuvenga ... Von Hoenigen's Man
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Runtime:
USA:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Germany:BPjM Restricted
Filming Locations:
Zimbabwe
Company:
Silver Lion Films more

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References The Naked Prey (1966) more

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Better than you might expect..., 9 April 2008
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Author: merklekranz from United States

No one is ever going to mistake "Damned River" for "Deliverance", but it would be a mistake to dismiss "Damned River" as non-entertainment. Filmed on location, this Zimbabwe rafting adventure has photography that is simply outstanding. The Zambezi River raft sequences are terrific. The acting is less than marginal, but that is no surprise. Character development is not great either, but in this type of low budget flick, you rarely get a fully developed script. What you do get is four against one, but of course the one has the guns. The story pretty much plays out in a linear fashion, with the crazed 'River Rat Ray", dishing out the orders and brutality, until the tables are finally turned. - MERK

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