Goofs

In the first rapids sequence the Drew's hat disappears and reappears between shots.

When Lewis lays on the rocks after breaking his leg, the flesh and bone sticking out of his leg change between shots.

When Lewis spears the fish with an arrow, the barb originally goes through fish's head. When he pulls it out, the arrow is through its midsection.

The rope used to bring the body down from the cliff is thicker than the rope Ed wore over one shoulder and across the chest.

When Lewis lies in the canoe, with a fractured femur, between Ed and Bobby, Lewis' position changes. One long shot only shows the two paddlers, while closer shots show Lewis' head in plain view.

The police cars have amber emergency rotating lights on the roof. They should be blue (popular in southern states) or red.

When the cedar strip canoe breaks in half ((01:02:35), it breaks cleanly, indicating it was previously cut. It would have split, splintered and hinged together by the canvas skin.

When Ed climbs down the rope from the cliff, some shots show no tension on the rope, even though he and the hunter's body are hanging from it.

When they all went into the water after crashing the canoes, Ed is shown several times going down the rapids empty handed. The suddenly Ed has his bow while still crashing through the rapids.

Everything was flowing on the current at the same rate. He was lucky to have found it so quickly amid all the rest of their equipment that was being washed downstream.

When the canoes capsize and Ed tumbles down the rapids, a hair appears at the bottom of the screen.

When the men bury the first body, the man's chest briefly rises and falls like he's breathing. Later, when Ed pushes the second body into the river, the dead man's fingers adjust their grip on the rock, and his arms move slightly.

Mis-observation. This didn't happen.

When Ed reaches the top of the Cliff, two hikers are visible on a trail on the opposite side of the river.

Not only are there no hikers, the opposite side of the river is never shown on camera.

After the men make it down the river and the locals take care of them, Ed and Bobby have green plaid shirts with white crests on the pockets. Later, the crests disappear.

As Ed is getting ready to release Drew's body into the river and says, "He was the best of us," to Bobby, you can see Drew's eyes blink a few times before being released.

Mis-observation. This didn't happen.

The entire cliff climbing scene is obviously tinted day-for-night.

Not only does dark of night hinder filming, it also makes cliff climbing dodgy and makes unpopular, dim, hard to see movie scenes.

When Ed comes down the cliff right after the mountain man is shot with an arrow, a crew member's hands and arms are visible, feeding the rope down the cliff.

While the river is being dredged for bodies and the canoe, the mic pack under Aintry Sheriff Bullard's shirt is visible.

During the Aintry dinner scene, when the woman tells the story of the huge cucumber, lights and other equipment are reflected in her eyeglasses.

During the scene where characters fall down the steep rapids, a hair is visible on the camera lens.

Ed refers to his son as "Charley" instead of "Dean". The son's name was Dean in both the book and the film trailer. (The actor's name was Charley.)