This low-budget 2004 import from Australia was shot on high-definition video with the dialog dubbed in later, which would be OK if the editing and screenplay managed to keep things coherent. As it is, the story of an ex-con (manly Aussie Peter Kent) assigned to take six troubled, felonious teens down a whitewater river gets overly complicated with subplots about missing money and a hairy stalker.

Shelf Talk: Action thrillers are among the most dependable for finding audiences. But Rapid Fear is a DVD premiere that doesn’t have the theatrical ink to give it a push (nor any studio support), so it will need some retail hand-holding to create any interest.