The River Thief

2016 • 87 minutes

About this movie

The River Thief is a rich, action- adventure about guilt, grace, and receiving life as a gift. Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run along the Snake River. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself, takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life of thievery and never looks back. Things change when Diz floats into a small town where he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty (Tommy Cash) and his guarded granddaughter, Selah who try to help him. When Diz robs an enormous pile of cash from a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz is horrified to realize he has put the only people he’s ever cared about in imminent danger.

Ratings and reviews

Movie tells an effective story with overt but not suffocating underlying message.

Loved the story, the cinematography, the music and the pace. Very well done!

A story told from a Christian worldview that escapes the trappings of a lot of movies that attempt to do the same.