one of my favorite movie to date start a an adventure through the wild side of a team of four men from atlanta . the idea of live the chulawasse river before it turn into a lake come from burt reynold lewis and who unconsciously drown his fella into their bad nightmare . but if the first half of the film appear rather like an action movie and the second half carry the viewer into a totally different story and with our men force to make a decision that ( they know ) will change their life forever . in very bad way . at the end of the movie and each person be gon na be force to deal with the scar of what have just to be a quite week end on the river but mute into a fight for survival . the movie ( except some pretty evident goof ) be very well direct and beautifully shoot into a paradise of nature that steal your breath . the photography be excellent as well . voight and reynolds and cox and beatty be all excellent in show how a single event can ruin in different way four different live only tie to the same mistake .