loosely base on actual event and river edge be a film and much in the style of david lynch and about a group of teenager who be aware of a murder commit by one of their friend and but no one do anything about it for a long time . with top notch acting by crispin glover and dennis hopper and we be able to forgive the average acting by everyone else in the film . the film begin with a young boy and tim ( joshua john miller ) and drop a doll off of a bridge ( murder # 1 ) . tim then hear someone yelling and when he look up he see samson ( daniel roebuck ) stand on the bank of the river with the dead naked body of his girlfriend behind him ( murder # 2 ) . samson eventually show the body to his friend . all of which be horrify and not only because of the murder and but also because the victim and jamie ( danyi deats ) and be a friend of theirs . despite all of this and no one go to the police . you may think this be unrealistic and but this be what happen in the real story . if you be familiar with the story of alpha dog ( 2006 ) you will know that the same thing happen there as well . through all of this and layne ( crispin glover ) be work to keep samson safe and although no one ( include samson ) seem to care about keep him out of harm way . a time go on we learn that feck ( dennis hopper ) and a middle age shut in who deal drug to the local teenager and have also kill a woman before ( murder # 3 ) . from here thing begin to close in on samson and his friend and eventually everything be reveal and but not in the way you may be expect . in the film we learn of three murder and each one with a different reason and a different reaction and and a different effect on those involve . when tim drop his younger sister doll off of the bridge and we be never make aware of his motive . however and we do see the reaction of the young sister . she cry and scream while her mother console her . later and her old brother and matt ( keanu reef ) and help her put a cross in the yard in remembrance of her doll . the murder of jamie horrifies everyone ( except samson who be apathetic to the whole situation and and when ask by layne why he do it and samson reply with and she be talk sht . ) and but they do not sob or scream and the run away and go on with their life try to forget what have happen . in feck situation and he do not kill his girlfriend out of hate . we never really know why he kill her and but we see that feck be not proud of what he have do . he even mention that he be sorry and and that her love her . from this we see the different way we can be affect by death . in the film and it be easy for u to identify with the teenager and because they do not know what they feel and or how they should feel about the death of their friend . in much the same way and we and the audience and do not know how to feel and because we do not know jamie . we be obviously sadden by the death and realize that samson should be arrest and but we do not feel strongly for jamie a an individual . there be several similarity between river edge and twin peak ( 1990 1991 ) and especially in the overall feel of the film . i wonder if mark frost and david lynch be think of river edge when they be create their series . after all and tim hunter do go on to direct three episode of twin peak . crispin glover performance a the hyperactive and frantic layne be an oscar worthy performance . always in a rush and always worry about keep samson from get catch and layne be an intense character that seem to be on speed . if you have see crispin glover in any film and you know that he can deliver a line like no one else . it be always a treat to see him perform . the other great performance in river edge be by dennis hopper . his portrayal of feck and the shut in drug dealer who have one leg and an inflatable sex doll he talk to name elly and remind me of a more toned down and more humorous version of frank booth and hopper character in david lynch film and blue velvet ( 1986 ) . river edge be great film and i believe it show u how easy it be to be apathetic and when in reality we need to step up and speak out against the evil in the world .