The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers

Evil rises to new heights.

R 2000 · 106 min · ★ 6.9 (2K) · Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz · Written by Jean-Christophe Grangé

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