Riverworld (2010 film)

Riverworld is a television film released on the Syfy channel on April 18, 2010. Based on the Riverworld books by Philip Jos Farmer, the madeforTV film is a reboot of the aborted SciFi Channel Riverworld television series, of which only the pilot episode was produced.

War reporter Matt Ellman is in Singapore with his girlfriend Jessie, to whom he is about to propose marriage. Unfortunately, before he proposes, both of them are killed in a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber. Afterwards, they find themselves on a strange planet called Riverworld, where everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been reborn along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Riverworld functions as a sort of purgatory for deceased human beings to get a second chance.In this world, Matt finds several of his deceased friends as well as historical figures, some of whom are his allies and others who are antagonistic. The antagonists include explorer Richard Francis Burton who in the books was the main protagonist and Francisco Pizarro, the Conquistador who conquered the Incas. The more friendly people include American author Samuel Clemens also known as Mark Twain and Tomoe Gozen, a 12thcentury warrior from the time of the Genpei War married to Minamoto no Yoshinaka. Along with the other heroes, Matt soon discovers that Riverworld has a deeper purpose and is controlled by otherworldly caretakers who are engaged in a civil war. ........

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