Here's one that started entering the pick-five a couple of years ago and has stayed on since.
Sean Astin is our protagonist and he's a city boy who's looking forward to enjoying his summer in, shall we say, a more urban way until Kevin Bacon shows up at his door and talks his parents into enrolling him in survival nature camp.
Right from the get-go Bacon is on his ass about his knife, radio and other slip-ups including leaving the tent poles for the night on the other side of a huge drawbridge. Eventually Bacon strands him on an island for a night to prove a point. This is only a warm-up for an even more outrageous stunt Bacon pulls on him for the grand finale. Just how long will he and the other three kids put up with this?
Besides being very well-produced in general, White Water Summer has two big pluses that really help make it a decent picture - the soundtrack, loaded with '80's arena rock and the scrumptious photography of Northern California by John Alcott who passed right after the film was completed. It's dedicated to him appropriately. All four teen leads should be commended for what was certainly a grueling shoot.
It's Kevin Bacon, it's outdoor fun, it's oh so '80's and it's streaming only on Tubi. Enjoy. 2.75 stars/5
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