
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Canada, United Kingdom
- Director: Nick Willing
- Stars: Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, John Kapelos, Rachelle Lefevre, Bruce Murphy
- Production_studio: First Choice Films, Kismet Film Company, imX Communications, Myriad Pictures, Spice Factory, Téléfilm Canada, Movision
- Slogan: It's the truth that haunts us
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The The River King is featured in the top rankings of 2005
- #100 in Top Thriller Movies of 2005
- #52 in Top Mystery Movies of 2005
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was being badly bullied, Abel suspects that a dangerous schoolboy initiation has gone horribly wrong and he secretly solicits the help of a sympathetic teacher, Betsy. He is warned off the investigation by his boss, as the school is a generous benefactor to the Police benevolent fund. Abel, however, cannot let the case go, not only because his own brother committed suicide years before, but also it seems that the spirit of the dead boy is leaving them clues as to what really happened that night.