Two kids, one island, a protective cougar, and river pirates with zero chill.
A flash flood sweeps a boy and his sister onto an island in the Mississippi River, where they are trapped with a cougar and her new born cubs. In an effort to escape the island, they find themselves threatened by two ruthless river-men who will stop at nothing to kidnap and hold the children for ransom.
Practical Effects
Real cougar footage that somehow doesn't look like a disaster.
Production
Mississippi River locations that look genuinely remote and wild.
Director
Stephen H. Foreman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Stephen H. Foreman never directed another feature after this, making Cougar his entire cinematic legacy.
This arrived during the brief 80s boom of 'kids in nature danger' films before helicopter parenting killed the genre.
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