A peaceful weekend canoe trip down a primitive river abruptly turns into a nightmare for four businessmen. The harrowing physical challenges of navigating the white water rapids are only the beginning. When backwoods rednecks spot the vacationers the violence that erupts with shocking suddenness create spine-chilling suspense. There is rape, murder, and death before the survivors reach their destination and begin to comprehend the brutal horror they have endured.

"DELIVERANCE is an absolutely first-rate piece of movie-making. You can taste the fear and hear the hammering hearts. It is an uncommonly admirable undertaking."

- Charles Champlin, LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Prepare for one hair-raising ride down the rapids. Powerful acting, absorbing character studies. Pure adventure drama."

- CUE MAGAZINE

"Exciting and exquisite to watch—the rapids raise and seethe like boiling milk."

- THE NEW YORKER

"Smashingly vivid and untricky."

- Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES