| The Hitcher (Full Screen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Dave Meyers
Actors: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal Mcdonough, Kyle Davis
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 35820
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 84
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD62033277D
UPC: 025193327727
EAN: 0025193327727
ASIN: B000NO3DLQ
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2007
Release Date: May 1, 2007
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Condition: Former rental with no labels and minimal rotations. Boxart in great shape also.
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20 years is a long time in the lifeline of movie plot-arc necessities. It's also a pretty big generational stretch in the lives of audience demographics, which may be part of the reason the producers of this remake of the 1986 cult horror classic felt the need to update the original spare mano-a-mano backbone into a girl-and-mano-a-mano. The Twilight Zone-ish setup is still a pretty neat idea: regular guy on a lonely highway picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a psychopathic killer with some very unsettling supernatural might. Fans of the original could hardly hope for a demon villain with such creepy charisma as Rutger Hauer. But Sean Bean makes a respectable replacement, with his understated stare and stewing rage that brings a new brand of hair-raising devilry to the role of hitcher John Ryder. The lone "good guy" originated by a boyish C. Thomas Howell has been upgraded to a lovesick couple. In a twisty touch, Jim (Zachary Knighton, sorta unknown) and Grace (Sophia Bush, of One Tree Hill fame) trade gender roles, with Jim turning wimpy and feminine and Grace becoming a shotgun-toting testoster-ette. The body count's a little higher and the gore factor increased by the power of 20 (years), but some of the original film's set pieces remain much the same-- body-snapping case in point being an 18-wheeler being put to use as a old-fashioned torture rack. While the original might have placed a bit more emphasis on the philosophical and existential elements of evil passing from soul to soul, it wasn't exactly an intellectual thrill ride. Likewise, 2007's The Hitcher is no art film, and it can't be faulted for choosing fright and might for audiences that are always looking for bigger and more elaborate splats for their horror entertainment buck. And if you stick out your thumb for this one, expect plenty of splat. --Ted Fry
Product Description
Travelers worst fears are realized when the hitcher a menacing killer is relentless in his pursuit to torture a young couple on their cross country road trip. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/27/2009 Run time: 84 minutes Rating: R
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 Tea: If I knew then what I know now, I'd pass on this one October 30, 2008
If you have already seen the original movie from 1986, not the remake which is this movie, you'll probably be watching this flick with a preconceived notion of how the movie is gonna go. And you would be pretty much wrong...all around.
If you haven't ever seen the original movie, then this movie might be okay for you. Might even get a little suspense out of it...might even enjoy it.
Those of us that have seen the original, and thought it was brilliant, are going to be sorely disappointed in this factory version..yet another example of the Hollywood machine's constant need to remake a great movie. And it's wasn't the actors, either. I'd find fault in the studio, executive producer, and the producers. I'm all for updating a movie, if you're going to make it better. I just wasn't feeling that on this one.
Gory but not very scary or suspenseful September 14, 2008
I haven't seen the original version of this film, so I can't make comparisons. I didn't find this movie very suspenseful, I never was able to place myself in the danger, I never felt creeped out..in fact it was almost comical at times, like a spoof. Lots and lots and lots of gore and blood, but not very scary. Sean Bean does a good job at every evil character I've seen him in, including this one. But the gore doesn't seem to have a purpose, and in fact when Sean's character is asked why he kills, he answers "Why not?" 'Why not' is the theme of the movie: why not have some more blood? why not have some extra gore? why not have a shorter skirt? There isn't really a plot or a mystery, just lots of killing. And most of it isn't even creative, just guns and knives. One thing I absolutely loved was the incredible scenery...sooooo many beautiful locations were filmed, with the rocks, the sky, the mountains, the plains...all of it just beautiful like a tourism brochure. The scenery and the photography are why I gave this movie 2 stars...the content sure isn't anything worthy of a star.
 0.o SICK @$$ MOVIE! July 13, 2008
REALLY, one hell of a horror film so yea i advise you to watch this if you wanna be freaked for a while.especially the ending so WATCH IT! 0Hh and it`ll also make your PENIS stand if your a boy cuz of sophia bush! I HAD aN ORGIE!
Hitcher (2007) Review May 11, 2008
This remake of the original Hitcher starts fairly nicely but it becomes rather unrealistic and mindless as it progresses; nevertheless, it's still watchable. One comment: Before the film starts, a statement appears on the screen saying that according to the US DOT, an estimated 42,000 people are killed on the highways. Well, this is a true statement; however, it refers to 42,000 deaths due to TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS annually.
 Post-apocalyptic March 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie, which I just tried to watch on HBO, is symptomatic of a complete and utter moral and aesthetic breakdown in our society. Whaaaa? Yu wan exampoo? Well, first off the movie starts with the male character allegedly picking up the female character at her... dorm? Sorority? The exterior shot is of what is clearly a lecture hall. So we, the movie-going public are supposed to just not get too critical. Hey, howz about Romeo picks Juliette up at a Greyhound bus station and then asks her about her flight? That be swell? Anyhoo, so Romeo and Juliette hit the road so that Romeo can dramatically, cathartically, all-importantly "meet the girls" -- that is, meet Juliette's friends during... spring break at Lake Havasu. (no, I'm not making this up. Apparently we are supposed to be on board with the idea of Romeo "meeting the girls" while swilling down beers and going, "Whooooooooo!" This, apparently is the younger generations' idea of quality social interaction.) Seemingly, we are not supposed to find this vulgar and aggravatedly shallow. We are supposed to... want them not to die? Anyway, so then they pick up the Hitcher, who begins to terrorize them mucho, and rightly so. Romeo, when the Hitcher pulls a blade on him in the car, begins to cry. So much for role-modeling. The Hitcher then puts said blade to the eye of Juliette and says something to the effect of, "If you don't want me to do it, say 'I want to die'" at which point Juliette blurts out, "Don't say it!" This is where I stopped watching and put on Shall We Dance in order to heal. Ginger Rogers, toward the end of her life, said she refused to go to movies anymore. She said, "They're not going to get my money to see the junk that's made today." Comparing The Hitcher with Shall We Dance both saddened and enraged me. Anybody who thinks the Hitcher is even tolerable is a walking corpse.
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