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River of Darkness

  • 2011
  • R
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
2.2/10
989
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Kurt Angle in River of Darkness (2011)
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When brutal murdering starts in a small riverside town, the sheriff must investigate and face the horrific past.When brutal murdering starts in a small riverside town, the sheriff must investigate and face the horrific past.When brutal murdering starts in a small riverside town, the sheriff must investigate and face the horrific past.

  • Director
    • Bruce Koehler
  • Writer
    • Bruce Koehler
  • Stars
    • Kurt Angle
    • S. William Hinzman
    • Kevin Nash
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.2/10
    989
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bruce Koehler
    • Writer
      • Bruce Koehler
    • Stars
      • Kurt Angle
      • S. William Hinzman
      • Kevin Nash
    • 29User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Kurt Angle
    Kurt Angle
    • Sheriff Will Logan
    S. William Hinzman
    S. William Hinzman
    • Harvey Hix
    • (as Bill Hinzman)
    Kevin Nash
    Kevin Nash
    • Jayden Jacobs
    Sid Eudy
    Sid Eudy
    • Jonah Jacobs
    • (as Psycho Sid Vicious)
    Bill Laing
    • Joseph Jacobs
    Alan Rowe Kelly
    Alan Rowe Kelly
    • Mary Rutledge
    Bingo O'Malley
    Bingo O'Malley
    • Virgil Van
    Ray Lloyd
    • Clark Higgins
    • (as Ray 'Glacier' Lloyd)
    Lindsey Carothers
    • Autumn Barnes
    Nick Tallo
    Nick Tallo
    • Bob Phillips
    John W. Iwanonkiw
    John W. Iwanonkiw
    • Rob Powell
    • (as John Iwanonkiw)
    Joe Shelby
    • Vern Sutton
    Sam Nicotero
    • Wyatt Jones
    Jonas Chaney
    • Phil Hadlin
    Dave Hawk
    • Roy Carter
    Gary Horner
    • Russell Reeves
    Jason Winn 'J.B. Destiny' Bareford
    Jason Winn 'J.B. Destiny' Bareford
    • Deputy Caleb Westerman
    • (as Jason Bareford)
    Kathy Long
    • Amy Williams
    • Director
      • Bruce Koehler
    • Writer
      • Bruce Koehler
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    2cosmo_tiger

    A low-budget "Scy Fy" channel original-esque movie, with worse acting. Movie OK, acting really, really bad. I say D+

    How do you stop ghosts from killing? After a series a gruesome murders strikes a small river town Sheriff Logan (Angle) notices a similarity. After his investigation points to three brothers that are dead things start to get weird. For starters the main stars of the movie are three wrestlers : Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash and Psycho Sid Vicious. When these are you main stars you really can't expect a lot from the movie. The plot, acting and apparent budget reminded me of a "Scy Fy" channel original movie...only worse. The acting is really, really bad. The movie itself could have been worse I guess, but the acting was so bad it's distracting. Overall this was better then I expected, but the acting was SO BAD it's hard to overlook. Movie is a C-, acting is F. When taking both into account, I say D+.

    Would I watch again? - No way
    2juliethood

    River of never ending tedium

    One of the worst scripts ever. This film was written, directed and produced by Bruce Koehler. I firmly believe he did it all himself because no one else was stupid enough to think that the abysmal script would work as anything other than toilet paper.

    The acting was so wooden that the rest of the cast made Angle and co look like the spirits of Olivier. Don't get me wrong, they were by no means good. But the film started poor and just got steadily worse. The cinematography would have been substandard for views of Home and Away. Even low budget B-Movies should have standards. One last thing. Don't get me started on the 'special effects'. I have seen more convincing at Halloween parties.

    In all this was amateur hour at its very worst.
    1maddy232323

    worst movie ever

    oh..come on! seriously??? worst film ever... oh my god...i just cannot believe it! everything about the movie was terrible.

    At one point, I actually thought that it was a horror/comedy. But turns out that it's not.

    you've gotta be kidding me to actually call this a movie and release it. seriously. I would not even want to get paid to watch this movie another time. horrendous.

    Didn't the maker of this movie even watch this once, before he actually went on to release it? oh my god...seriously, this has got to be a joke or something.
    1torstensonjohn

    drastically a disaster of a film

    WOW!!!! This is one word I can use as being tremendously awful. Where does someone begin with a film like this. Storyline was absolutely uneventful, characters were nothing short of uncompelling, cinematography was lacking throughout and the editing was sub-par at best.

    Why do wrestlers insist on going into acting, Kurt Angles performance was sour and collectively did not fit the character.

    The combination of slasher/paranormal/undead pairing was an utter "bomb".

    Terrible, clueless, dreadful are words to describe the acting throughout the film. In fact this is pure garbage and in this film collector's eyes should have never been made. The audience as well as actors and people who worked on this film should all be given refunds for how terrible it is. It is 1hr 30 minutes of your life you'd like a refund on.
    4warehousereviews

    Needs more Angle Slam

    Little disappointed there was no Jack-knife Powerbomb into a boat engine.. that would of been worth 3 stars on its own... Sid an Nash were as good as slashers as they are as wrestlers.. which is high praise. Angle enjoys turtle soup which is oddly intriguing, I would of liked a bit more back story into his turtle eating character.

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    • Trivia
      The knife used by the killer on the jetty is a Kukri the weapon of the Nepal army (also the British gurkhas).
    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits run from top to down instead of the traditional down to up.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2011 (2012)

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    • Release date
      • March 29, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Reka tame
    • Filming locations
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production company
      • North Shore Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $3,259,999 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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