The Hitcher

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The Hitcher

R

Released Jan 19, 2007

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton) are a pair of college students on their way to spring break in a 1970 Oldsmobile. Blissfully unaware of the horror that awaits them, they offer a ride to hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean), a killer who subsequently terrorizes the couple and implicates them in a grisly slaying.

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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.

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Jason Anderson

Globe and Mail

Viewers looking for more than a few secondhand thrills should drive right past The Hitcher.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 27, 2020

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

The recent assembly-line remaking of recognizable horror titles continues with The Hitcher, a dreary updating of the 1986 Rutger Hauer thriller.

Jul 28, 2008

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

[It's] cheerfully in touch with its own brainlessness.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2007

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

A huge waste of time. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 27, 2020

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William Venegas

La Nación (Costa Rica)

The highway becomes a battlefield full of blood and junk. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 27, 2020

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Chris Beaumont

Film School Rejects

It is all setup and superficial story with very little depth. Still, it was fun.

Apr 27, 2020

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Ben H

I'm not sure why this movie gets so much hate. It's one of the best remakes I've seen in this seemingly endless sea of stale remakes. It's risky, fast paced, fun, gritty and violent. Edge of your seat thrills and action. Sean Bean plays one hell of a bad guy. The movie's pacing is so well done too.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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CARMINE SEBASTIAN D

Ho visto il film del 86 che è davvero grandioso mentre il remake è diverso e non è proprio niente di che ma non è così brutto

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Farah R

The 2000s were marked with horror movie remakes of iconic titles, and while The Hitcher isn't on top of the list, the original is far better than its abysmal remake. This movie disregards all the unsettling elements that made the original effective and wastes the talent of Sean Bean on a killer who is hardly threatening, let alone dangerous.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/23/24

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Michael P

This movie is boring, annoying, and a real killer of your own engine. Don't waste time, speed past The Hitcher.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/31/25

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Michel T

Alright, since i just bought (and saw) the original which always been my favorite, decided to re-watch this thing that they dared called a remake, or a reimagining your choice. Point is, I do like Sean in pervious and since but this?? R.H. did it perfectly, why did it had to be messed with? Oh yeah right, the time that producer/director thought he could do every remake possible and get away with it, guess what, not in this one Mr. Bay!!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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jordon a

Quite literally the most irritating film I have ever seen from start to finish, not a noteworthy acting performance in the movie accept for Sean Bean I guess if he was told to be the most vexing character in existence, then he got it spot on. The whole thing is just incredibly unfeasible and impossibly ridiculous, thankfully its only an hour and 20 minutes or so, still an hour and 20 I wish I could get back

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Synopsis

Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton) are a pair of college students on their way to spring break in a 1970 Oldsmobile. Blissfully unaware of the horror that awaits them, they offer a ride to hitchhiker John Ryder (Sean Bean), a killer who subsequently terrorizes the couple and implicates them in a grisly slaying.

Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, Alfred Haber, David Linde, Charles R. Meeker
Screenwriter: Eric Bernt
Distributor: Rogue Pictures, Focus Features
Production Co: Platinum Dunes, Intrepid Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language|Terror)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.4M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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