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The Hitcher (2007) -- While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder...
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Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   15,767 votes
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Director:
Dave Meyers
Writers (WGA):
Eric Red (screenplay) and
Jake Wade Wall (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 January 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Never pick up strangers.
Plot:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
One of the Better Remakes Out There, Still Prefer The Original Though. more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 121:45 AMHBO   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Bean ... John Ryder

Sophia Bush ... Grace Andrews

Zachary Knighton ... Jim Halsey

Neal McDonough ... Lt. Esteridge

Kyle Davis ... Buford's Store Clerk

Skip O'Brien ... Sheriff Harlan Bremmer Sr.
Travis Schuldt ... Deputy Harlan Bremmer Jr.

Danny Bolero ... Officer Edwards

Jeffrey Hutchinson ... Young Father

Yara Martinez ... Beth

Lauren Cohn ... Marlene
Michael J. Fisher ... Transport Guard #2 (as Mike Fisher)
Joseph Michael Self ... Transport Guard #1
Brad Robinson ... Correctional Officer
Kurt Grossi ... Officer Franklin
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, terror and language.
Runtime:
84 min | Croatia:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #39360) | Australia:R | Germany:16 (cut) | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Portugal:M/18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:18PL | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:18 | UK:15 (re-rating, cut) | Norway:15 | Ireland:16 (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Germany:18 | Argentina:16 | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating)
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Focus Features more

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Trivia:
The movie that Grace is watching in the hotel near the end is The Birds (1963). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Grace is in the bathroom pulling paper towels out of the dispenser, she stops and looks out the window, and sees John Ryder's red truck. She goes to lock the door and there is paper towel hanging out of the dispenser. When it cuts back, there are now no paper towels hanging down. more
Quotes:
Buford's Store Clerk: [points John out to Jim] Hey, think this was the guy having the car trouble?
John Ryder: [to Jim] That was you?
Jim Halsey: Yeah man... sorry about that
John Ryder: Don't worry about it... I wouldn't pick me up either
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Movie Connections:
Features The Birds (1963) more
Soundtrack:
Closer more

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42 out of 70 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the Better Remakes Out There, Still Prefer The Original Though., 28 January 2007
7/10
Author: schwarhol628 from Oregon

The horror industry has had quite a big boom in the past five years or so, and most of the horror films you see today are remakes of older films. Some of them are really good, some of them are atrocious - but "The Hitcher" is one of the better remakes I've seen. This movie focuses on Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton), who are on a road trip during spring break. While driving one stormy night in the desert, they almost hit a man who is having car trouble, but speed off in fear. Later that night, they meet the man who they almost hit at a gas station, and end up offering him a ride to the nearest motel. Little do they know, the man who calls himself John Ryder (Sean Bean), is a maniac, and ends up pulling a knife on the couple. They manage to escape at the time, but the following day they are terrorized by the murderous hitchhiker along the highway, and become framed for a series of killings that he has been committing.

Barely twenty years old, the original "Hitcher" was a great horror movie that wasn't really in need of a remake - but most of the horror films that are remade aren't in need of it either, so I suppose that's irrelevant. I'm glad I saw the original film (just days) before I went to see this remake, because it was interesting to compare the similarities and differences between the two. In some instances, this remake pulls things right out of the 1986 film, but also reworks the story and adds and removes certain elements. The reworking of the plot here is done really well - it stays faithful to the original movie while making it something of it's own as well, and I was happy with the way that everything was done in the writing department. There was plenty of action and some great scare moments, so people with short attention spans (which is probably the majority of this film's primary audience) will never get "bored" or find themselves unenlightened. The action and kills were very well executed though and the gore factor is brought up a few notches from the original, but doesn't go overboard. The classic chase sequence from the 1986 film is done here very well and is just as (if not more) exciting than the sequence was in the original.

I have to admit, some of the action sequences were a little far-fetched, but the same goes for the original film too, so I can't criticize that. The cast wasn't bad. Granted, some of the acting was a little underdeveloped, but all in all the performances weren't bad. Sophia Bush plays the heroine, Grace, and while she doesn't give a great performance, she's likable enough to hold up her role and keep the audience sympathizing with her. Zachary Knighton plays her boyfriend, Jim (who is a variation of the original movie's hero), and is very good. Sean Bean probably gives the best performance though, playing the menacing John Ryder very well. He has the perfect look for the role, plus he's a good actor. I thought it would be hard to live up to Rutger Hauer's great performance, but I was surprised at how well it was done.

Overall, "The Hitcher" is one of the better remakes out there. It could have been better, but not by a whole lot. It doesn't live up to the original film, but I wasn't expecting it to so I was pleasantly surprised with the way this film turned out. If you're a fan of the original, you may or may not want to see this, but I can say that I really liked the original myself and thought that this was an above-average remake. 7/10.

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