The Hitcher

Name: The Hitcher
Released: 2007-1-19
Cast: Sophia Bush, Sean Bean, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis

The Hitcher

R
1h 23m
2007

20%

age 18+

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A road trip takes a deadly turn in this terrifying thriller about a young couple (Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) tormented by a psychotic hitchhiker (Sean Bean) who forces them to face their fears head-on. The open road becomes a battleground of blood and metal in the race to reveal the chilling truth about this relentless killer. No one knows who he is, what he's after, or how to stop this "truly twisted villain". Watch the madness unfold with intense, edge-of-your-seat chase sequences drive this sinister film to a deadly ending you won't soon forget!

Director:

Dave Meyers

Producer:

Writer:

Cast:

Sophia Bush, Sean Bean, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

20%

Critics Consensus: Sean Bean tries giving motive and emotion to The Hitcher, but director Dave Meyers is more interested in cheap shocks, and gratuitous gore and torture.

Reviews

TheHorrorShow

Scott Weinberg

If you can't improve upon your original in some small way, then you're simply churning out assembl...

Despite its Playboy Playmate heroine and corny-as-hell climax, The Hitcher is still more engrossin...

Screen International

Tim Grierson

The recent assembly-line remaking of recognizable horror titles continues with The Hitcher, a drea...

March 3, 2019

ESplatter

Steve Biodrowski

The new version is an adequate technical exercise ... but the attempts at 'originality' undermine...

June 21, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 18+

Common Sense Says

Very bloody remake of Rutger Hauer cult favorite.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this remake of a 1986 horror film about a ruthless killer is violent and bloody from beginning to end. Bloody bodies, body parts, and splats of blood appear repeatedly. Weapons include knives, handguns, shotguns. Cars crash and flip over. Assaults are brutal and gratuitous (a rabbit is killed at start of movie, just because). There are images of gunshots to foreheads, and a stabbing victim lingers for some time, gasping and praying as his chest spurts blood. The goriest bits include a body ripped in half between two trucks (in the original movie, this was implied; here, it's shown) and a shotgun assault. Some fairly mild sexual scenes and strong language, including about 40 uses of "f--k," plus other profanity and sexual slang.