Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT At the end of River Wild, the twisty mystery’s story comes to a surprising conclusion. River Wild is a loose re-imagining of the 1994 survival thriller of the same name. While the original movie followed a family who was taken hostage in the wilderness by a pair of criminals, 2023’s River Wild was the story of a doctor named Joey. Joey attended a hike with her estranged brother Gray to patch up their rocky relationship.
How Joey Saves Her Own Life After Trevor Stabs Her As Van’s health deteriorated, Trevor became more violent and unhinged. Van revealed that Trevor caused her accident when he attempted to force himself on her, and Trevor took the group hostage. Trevor killed a hiker who tried to help them while Van died from her injuries. Karissa escaped, but Trevor kept Gray and Joey as hostages while his connection to the siblings was finally revealed.
Gray's Waterfall Sacrifice To Save Joey Explained Gray pushed Trevor off the waterfall to save his sister, but this was the least that he owed her. Unlike 2022’s true story survival thriller Beast, River Wild’s villains were all too human. There was the blatantly dangerous Trevor, who attacked Joey years before the story began, killed numerous people on the hiking trip, and also attempted to assault Van.
Trevor & Gray's Dark Background Explained Trevor and Gray have been friends since their youth, and it was during their youth that Gray betrayed Joey’s trust to impress Trevor. Like Full Circle’s ending, the finale of River Wild reveals a connection between its main characters that re-contextualizes the preceding story.