Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Michael Ledo Jim (Zachary Knighton) and Grace (Sophie Bush) are college kids going away for spring break. They reluctantly pick up John Ryder (get it) played by Sean Bean. John is a psycho and carnage is spread throughout New Mexico.This is a me-too hitchhiker film which differentiates itself at about 50 minutes into the film as cop cars flip over to the tune of NIN. The gas station stop gave us signs of cleverness and indeed the acting and lines were better than many "B" horror films, but the film needed to go beyond better than most to earn high honors in a crowded genre. John Ryder needed to be a distinct colorful character and wasn't.Guide: 38 F-words by IMDb count. No sex or nudity.

Shilo January 20, 2007I never ever began to think that "The Hitcher" would ever be remade. Actually, hoped is a better word. The original film came out in 1986 and should have never seen the light of day. It was a reprehensible piece of violent and cruel trash that showcased brutality and violence with no purpose. A lot of films are being remade lately and I must be led to believe that the producers of this remake have to be really desperate if they are willing to look back on a picture that was truly one of the worst films of the 1980's.It's about a young man, Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) and his girlfriend, Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) who are driving across the countryside for spring break. While driving, they see a man hitchhiking in the pouring rain and they speed off. Later at a gas station, Jim reluctantly agrees to give, John Ryder (Sean Bean) a lift. when the Hitcher becomes violent, they shove him out the door. Ryder begins tormenting the two kids and forces them to play a cat and mouse game of murder. when Jim and Grace are suspected of the murders Ryder is leaving behind, they make a run for it with the police chasing close behind while trying to figure out what Ryder wants from them.Remakes are starting to become the object of desire and I can see a lot of horror/thriller films getting a reboot, not that that is always a good thing and this film was one we did not need. The original film was about a young man who is chased all through the western countryside by a psychopathic serial killer with no motive, purpose or identity and that made the film sick in its portrayal of violence. The film's sadomasochistic theme between C. Thomas Howell and Rutger Hauer was disturbing enough but now Sean Bean steps into the role of Ryder and plays the same killer who is hell bent on murdering people for no reason. You would think a motive would finally be revealed but no, it's safer for the filmmakers to stick to the original film and on that note, this film is about as disgusting and meaningless as the original.Everything remains the same but they retool a few scenes, one of which I will get to after. If you have seen the original, you know which scene I'm talking about. After the opening credits pass, Jim and Grace are driving through the dark when they see Ryder in the middle of the road near a broken car. After giving a ride, he pulls a knife and becomes violent, sound familiar? After Ryder is pushed out, they continue driving when they see a station wagon with the Hitcher in the back. Again, sound familiar? They changed nothing with the picture. The only difference is that Sean Bean steps into the menacing shoes of John Ryder and he is more of a pain in the ass than Rutger Hauer was attempting to be terrifying. He remains largely unchanged and we are, once again, given a killer whose sole purpose is to murder innocent people for no reason. No motive, nothing. We were not even told where Ryder came from in the original and we are not told with this story either.As you expect, the rest of the story plays out like the original with non-stop mayhem with Ryder framing them and the cops being too stupid to figure out what's going on. I will say, it's less believable with Jim and Grace than it was with Jim and Nash, yet, the cops are hell bent on catching them. Now comes the sequence that truly shocked the hell out me in the original and left me feeling sick. In the original, Jennifer Jason Leigh is tied between two trucks and split into two parts and this time, it's Jim who is tied between the two trucks and Grace being terrified. I had to laugh for a second because when the cops show up, they still think Grace and Jim are the two killers, yet, he's tied between two trucks while Ryder sits in the cab looking like a bat out of hell. You can image what happens next and, yes, he is split in half. This time, they show the two pieces of his body dangling just to further the disgust factor.I was left really angry when Jennifer Jason Leigh was ripped in half in the original and I felt bad for the actress because she is very talented and she was subjected to meaningless torture. Sofia Bush is a talented actress but her role is limited here and I wonder why they didn't cut her in half? Mind you, this is Michael Bay who is producing here and maybe he thought the idea of cutting a woman in half was a bad idea? Who cares? In the end, this remake is an immortal piece of trash much like the original. It does the same thing over again to a lesser degree in terms of content but still stands out as a desperate attempt to revive a film that died a long time ago and that's a sad commentary when entertainment resorts to rebooting a film like "The Hitcher" for a young audience that isn't even old enough to see it and should never see either the original film or this remake.0/10

GL84 Attempting to go to spring break together, a couple's trip ends in terror when they accidentally pick up a deranged hitchhiker and are soon caught up in his deadly game while trying to avoid the authorities convinced they are behind the spate of violence.While this one doesn't really hold up to the original, this is still a pretty enjoyable and fun effort. The biggest factor here for this one is the fact that there's a lot more action and general chasing going on throughout here. this one here manages to get a lot more into here than initially expected with the tormenting done here from the start with the initial car-ride that causes them to force him out of the car, a thrilling chase down the highway that pits their crumbling car against his monster truck in a thrilling means of escape before the diversion away and finally the rest-stop diner encounter that's pretty enjoyable as well. That gives the final half of the film near non-stop action here with the capture at the diner, the police station massacre that sets off the final charge and the great car-chase with the police in hot pursuit and the rather enjoyable conclusion there that makes for quite a fun time here. As well, the replication of the signature scene from the original of the friend tied in between the two trucks at the rest-stop and trying to keep him from ripping the body in half is a fine continuation of the events as the lead-in here makes for a thrilling time with the search throughout the compound and pulling the previous events together as they've lead to this if only slightly too reminiscent of that scene from the original without a whole lot of the power and brutality of that one, which is the main thing that's holding this one down. That this one seems to come off more as a straight remake of events here is the biggest stumbling block, as rather than play things out in a new or creative manner, there's a whole series of scenes here taken from the original but given more of an action-based bent that causes this to come off as repetitive without being original or daring. About the only thing it really changes up here is the fates of several of the characters, but even that's not really enough here to do anything new or creative with what's happening here as this one just tends to continue on all throughout in that manner. As well, this one really tends to wallow in contrivance rather than any kind of actual investigative work throughout to follow through its actions, as there's little need to evade the police here but rather stay with them while he's out there on his rampage and the framing is completely invalidated by being with them while the actions occurred, and it really feels more like circumstance that causes them to go on the run here rather than being wrongly framed for the whole ordeal. Beyond this, there's not a whole lot else really wrong with this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and strong implied violence against children.

nnieto-91-240136 *A COUPLE SPOILERS IN THE FOLLOWING REVIEW*The title of this review says it all. So many holes in the storyline I don't even know where to begin. The jail scene, I mean, why would you announce to someone who is trying to kill you that you are in a certain place? The scene where she hides in the bathroom, why??? Why wouldn't you just tell the waitress to call 911 and why would you go get paper towels?! Are you trying to save the upholstery in the car that is already soaked with blood? How can one man kill a whole police squad/force? What was the officer in the helicopter doing? Watching and laughing? Come on... I have never spoke so badly about a movie in my life, not even Gigli, but please save yourself 84 minutes of your life that you will never get back. Again, PLEASE I'm begging you, do not watch this horrible horrible movie. Sophia Bush is still hot though.