Rogier Keller It's OK but the acting isn't really great in the start. Lena and the rest overdo it. The music and sound effects are also too much sometimes. It needs to be more on the background to get me in. Also when Lena leaves her dad please get the other boat out of the shot. It's almost in there for 20 seconds. Not so tight Spielberg. The rest is decent enough to keep watching. Although the Blair Witch camera effect isn't that original. To fill the 10 lines (ugh) The other reviews I read hear are a little bit too positive. A good review should give inside on bad and good angles. Not only positive. That will undermine your opinion.

bayardhiler "The River" is one of those great shows that you can't help but wonder what could have been. The show is about a famous explorer and naturalist, Dr. Emmet Cole (played by Bruce Greenwood) who mysteriously disappears without a trace in the Amazon. When he is declared dead, his son wants to move on. However, his mother, convinces him to come along with her to the Amazon to find the location where the Dr's beacon was last seen. There's a catch though. In order to be able to do this, they have to travel with a documentary film crew or else there will be no funding. This is where we get the Blair witch look and feel to the show, which should come as no surprise since Oren Peli of "Paranormal Activity" fame created the show. Unbeknowst to our heroes, the area where Emmet Cole was last tracked is a place where very few people have gone to and returned, for this area is controlled by the powers of darkness and inhabited by all sorts of ghosts, spirits, demons, zombies, and powerful shaman natives. All of this equals some pretty cool and spooky episodes. One episode that was particularly creepy was the one that dealt with the vengeful spirit of a little girl and her doll collection. When you see it, you'll know what I'm talking about. Along the way, we learn more about the Cole family and how things were not as perfect as they seemed, such as the strained relationship between Emmet and his son, Lincoln. There's also something shady about the expedition's security chief, though we never find out exactly what's going on. Which brings me to my next point, the fact that despite all of this, the show still got canceled. Perhaps this is one of those shows that should have been on cable, since such shows do not require as much ratings and often times deal with more dark subject matters than your typical broadcast network show. Then again, in this age of gutter reality TV shows like "The Jersey Shore", maybe people just don't know what good television is anymore. And that's something more terrifying than any ghost or goblin.

Jim D I hated lost, but this is 'lostesque' it is just an amazing adventure. Each episode could be an episode in the twilight zone, but they have strung it together with the "Searching for Dr Cole" theme. I loved it, I found myself glued to each episode, there are just no dull parts. I don't know if they will or can hold this together for a second season, but so far it is amazing.Every film of 'magic', 'exorcism', 'paranormal', 'mythology' etc, is in this series - you watch the first episode and wonder if it can keep it up - but in my humble opinion each episode just gets better. I am not easily fooled into watching and being sucked into a series, this one had me captivated. Of course there are some downfalls, like "How do they keep that cell phone, or video camera, charged for months", but who cares, the show is great!Please, Please keep up the great work, don't let this show die the normal death of series 2 mediocrity.

netty ornce This show (The River) is one of the most dramatic and scary TV SHOWS ever filmed. If this was a movie, I would as it needed work, but since it is on TV and there is only so much you can show on TV before it wouldn't pass the sensors .... it is great! It is shot in the perspective of a bouncy TV camera or home video camera, while running through the jungle, caves, cramped boat/ship hallways etc ... Anyone who has seen "Jaws" knows that the less you show of the shark, the more horror and suspense is left up to the imagination ... and that is how this show is shot ... with many chase scenes, dark jungles, and unexplained scary events that Americans can not explain because the mysterious happenings in the show happen due to the weird lifestyle of the Amazonian creatures and peoples. This is a TOTALLY NEW concept for a TV show! It isn't another "cop" show with a new fancy name, or another medical show that has magical miracle doctors with soap opera personal lives.... It is strange, suspenseful,sexy, mysterious and very intriguing.... each episode is totally different than the last, but you must watch them in order to understand because they do follow a plot path and time-line. REMEMBER when you would watch a horror flick and yell at the hot babe who was about to open the door even though you knew the murderer was on the other side, or when she was being chased, she ran up the stairs instead of out the door .... that is how this TV show is. Honestly, I know I would not do the stuff they do .... even if my dad was missing and out there .... Plus, I Ain't NEVER GOING TO THE AMAZON NOW! Please, dismiss what the other review say, and watch the show for yourself if you want to see a great new concept for a TV show. Start at episode 1 and work right through in order .... I promise, you will want to watch the episodes in succession one right after the other. Enjoy