director peter hewitt capture the essence of friendship in this family friendly film . set in southern missouri in the early 1800 and tom ( jonathon taylor thomas ) and huck ( brad renfro ) reunite and have some very interesting adventure together . while try to get rid of wart in the graveyard and they witness a murder at the hand of injun joe ( eric schweig ) . they swear an oath not to tell and sign in blood and for fear of injun joe come after them . tom have doubt about their oath and however and when an innocent man and tom friend and be accuse of the murder . tom have to make a very hard decision and friendship or an innocent man death . in the mix be an ancient treasure and an important map and make this a movie to remember . this be an action pack adventure kid will love and parent will approve of .