Against the wishes of his parents (who are in the midst of a messy divorce), a young boy steals the ashes of his dead Grandfather and runs away into the wilderness with his dog. The boy is ...
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| Jon Voight | ... | Gus | |
| Jamie Kennedy | ... | Kristopher | |
| Vail Bloom | ... | Rachel | |
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Aidan Cullen | ... | Shaun |
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Derick Van Orden | ... | Eartle (as Derrick Van Orden) |
| Matthew Davis | ... | Emri | |
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Matt Bevin | ... | The Governor |
| Sheri Carbone | ... | Sheri / Teacher | |
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Susan Coleman | ... | Delilah McQueen |
| Lisette Markham | ... | Mourner at wake | |
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Jessica Jayne Nolan | ... | Dog walker |
| Lare Roberts | ... | Mourner at wake | |
| Ricardo Santos | ... | Mourner at wake | |
| Ian Teal | ... | Ian | |
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Against the wishes of his parents (who are in the midst of a messy divorce), a young boy steals the ashes of his dead Grandfather and runs away into the wilderness with his dog. The boy is determined to fulfill his beloved Grandpa's dying wishes and spread his ashes atop a remote mountain. Along the treacherous journey, the boy and the dog are accompanied by the ghost of his Grandpa, who helps them on their journey, brings the family back together and gives the boy one last chance to say goodbye.
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5 January 2018 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Riley's Peak See more »Filming Locations:
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When 13-year-old Shaun's (Aidan Cullen) grandfather Gus (Jon Voight) dies, to whom he was very close, Shaun wants to spread his ashes on "Delilah's Peak", in the Kentucky hillsides. However, his parents Rachel and Kris (Vail Bloom and Jamie Kennedy) will have none of it.
Encouraged and guided by the spiritual and "physical presence" of Gus, Shaun decides to take the risky trek to "Delilah's Peak" himself, along with Gus's aging dog Riley. He'll lie to each parent, who are divorcing and living separately, that he's going away with the other.
Shaun will encounter all kinds of dangers on this journey as you can imagine. Predictably, the parents will eventually figure out what has happened, and so do you think they might call the police? Let's just say that's one of a number of moronic decisions and plot elements that the viewer is asked to swallow.
I thought this movie, which has some spiritual themes thrown in along the way, has its moments but it just all seems to get more preposterous as it continues. Sorry, I just couldn't buy in to all of this. At least the cinematography was gorgeous.
To note, on my DVD copy obtained at Redbox, there were only Spanish subtitles, but I was able to access English subtitles through my remote closed captions.