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Would You Let Him into Your Car?
Later at a gas station, the guy shows up and after an awkward moment asks Jim for a lift. Instead of saying no Jim allows the man to get into their car. The hitcher is immediately inappropriate freaking out Jim. It isn't long before the hitcher pulls a knife on Grace and tells Jim he wants to hear him say, "I want to die". Jim succumbed by fear begins to say the words but ends up slamming on the breaks and screaming "I don't want to die!" The hitcher's head makes contact with the windshield and with Grace's help they roll him out of the vehicle and speed away.
You would think Jim and Grace would be home-free at this point but the hitcher keeps showing up every where they go leaving carnage behind that keeps implicating Jim and Grace to gruesome murders. Soon the police are after the young students who are at this point only trying to stay alive.
Sounds pretty good doesn't it?
The Hitcher at a glance
Genre:
Action
Directed by:
Robert Harmon
Actors:
Sean Bean as John Ryder (the hitcher)
Sophia Bush as Grace Bush
Zachary Knighton as Jim Halsey
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The Hitcher (Widescreen Edition)
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The most notable features about this movie are Sean Bean who plays the hitcher and the special effects in one scene where a man is torn in two by a semi truck. The movie tries too hard to make you jump and build suspense. It's leading and predictable (other than the scene where Jim and Grace have left the police station and are wandering in the desert. A few minutes later the truck the hitcher was driving comes over a cliff and nearly crushes Grace - unexpected). I would be disappointed at paying full price for this film.
The Official Trailer for the 2007 version of The Hitcher
The Hitcher - Official Trailer
A remake of the 1986 terror classic. Dave Meyers is directing the new film, which tracks the terrifying cross-country journey of Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton), two college students who are tormented by the mysterious hitchhiker John Ryder, a.k.a. The Hitcher (Sean Bean).
Sean Bean at a Glance
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. Bean has also acted in a number of television productions as well as performing voice work for computer games and television adverts. As an actor, he adopted the Celtic spelling "Sean" of his first name.
His first successful role was his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the British television series Sharpe. Since then he has become well known internationally for his roles as Boromir in The Lord of the Rings, James Bond's adversary Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye, Nicolas Cage's competitor Ian Howe in National Treasure, psychotic IRA fringe terrorist Sean Miller out for revenge on Harrison Ford in Patriot Games, Captain Rich in Flightplan with Jodie Foster, Odysseus in Troy and Chris DeSilva in Silent Hill. Bean has also been involved in video game voice acting, such as for the 2006 game Category: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - .
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Does the hitcher want to be stopped?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, he is in pain but isn't strong enough to kill himself.
eccles1 says:
a psycho is a man in pain walking spreading pain..
check out my debate 'pros and cons on hitchhiking
Posted September 11, 2008
Nope, just another psycho.
Sophia Bush at a Glance
Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Brooke Davis in the CW series One Tree Hill and for her film portrayals in the 2007 remake The Hitcher and John Tucker Must Die.
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Zachary Knighton at a Glance
Zachary Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor. In 2007, he starred in the horror film remake The Hitcher, playing the role originally performed by C. Thomas Howell.
Knighton was born in Virginia and in 1996, graduated from Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Afterwards, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a fan of horror films and surfing.
Previously, Knighton played Laz Lackerson on the short-lived television program, Life on a Stick. He also starred as Gary on the series Related.
Recently starred in the episode The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis, in the television show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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The Hitcher (1986)
The Hitcher
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There are a few differences in the storyline between the 1986 and 2007 version of The Hitcher. In the 1986 version Jim Halsey is trying to make some extra money by transporting a car to another state when he comes across serial killer John Ryder. He gets help from a truck stop waitress named Nash.
Starring:
* C. Thomas Howell as Jim Halsey
* Rutger Hauer as John Ryder (the hitcher)
* Jennifer Jason Leigh as Nash
A trailer of the 1986 version of The Hitcher
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