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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

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Years after being traumatized by a hitchhiker, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) is trying to piece his life back together. After being suspended from the police force, he decides to return to Texas to speak with a friend about his problems. He reluctantly agrees to let his girlfriend, Maggie (Kari Wuhrer), join him. As they drive, Maggie lets a stranded driver (Jake Busey) into the car. Halsey becomes suspicious and kicks him out, but the stranger returns, undeterred, to wreak havoc.
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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 02/22/2014
I'd like to learn why anyone would bother making a lame sequel to a film that didn't need one in the first place. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com 10/09/2005
1/5
A typically dreadful direct-to-DVD sequel. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/07/2005
2/5
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/04/2004
1.5/4
The Hitcher 2: I've Been Waiting is less a sequel and more a remake, except with less style and inferior production values. Go to Full Review
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Dimitri M Dec 23 Watched all three Hitcher movies. Ruttger Haeur is the best Hitcher, Sean Bean a close second, and Jake Busey is more like an angry Baxck To The Future "Biff" with no real sense of menace, The twists and SFX make it a reasonable watch, altho not a stand out sequel to the original. See more Elvis D 07/03/2024 Para ser una secuela lanzada directamente a video, ha demostrado ser una digna continuación de The Hitcher. Transcurriendo varios años después de lo sucedido en la película anterior, Jim regresa para tener que lidiar con el trauma que sufre tras haber sobrevivido a John Ryder. Al menos así parece al principio porque esta es una historia que se divide en dos partes. A la primera mitad de la película tenemos a Jim y a su esposa Maggie y en la segunda mitad, la película se enfoca principalmente a Maggie. La esposa de Jim es quien se vuelve esencial para esta película y la primera mitad es solo la presentación. El nuevo asesino conocido como Jack tiene muchísimo parentesco con John Ryder, pero no hay una explicación de porque va tras Jim y Maggie o cuál es su vínculo con John Ryder. La única respuesta que se puede deducir es que Jack es un pariente de John Ryder. Es lo que se podría adivinar por el parecido que tienen y porque Jack parece conocer a Jim de algún modo. Las motivaciones de Jack parecen ser quizás la venganza de su pariente, aunque eso nunca se explica. La película no tiene mucho suspenso, pero sí tienen un gran nivel de intriga y acción con un poco de terror incluido. Replica algunas cosas de la película anterior, pero ofrece nuevos elementos que la hacen más movida. The Hitcher 2 es una muy buena secuela que logra hacerle honor a la película original y a pesar de dejar algunas dudas, logra ofrecer más de esta estupenda historia de crimen e intriga. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 9/10. See more steve d 06/29/2020 Howell is underused but it works well as a standalone slasher. See more 12/24/2019 Just another brick in the junk DTV wall that Universal keeps building. It tries its best to undermine the original, but it's easy enough to just ignore this one. See more 04/17/2018 As a sequel to the first film, it's not entirely bad, but far below the first Hitcher with Rutger Hauer. Jim is now a bit older but he must be stupider, to even pick up another Hitch hiker! Not that this guy is scary at all. Mr Busey looks like a big, silly idiot rather than a frightening enigma as Mr Hauer was in the first. And Rutger Hauer was very handsome, which to me, is way scarier than someone like Busey who is just odd looking. I also don't like how underused Howell is in this he gets killed too quickly. Still better than the 2007 remake though with Sean Bean who IMO is useless as John Ryder. See more 10/28/2015 I kinda liked it 3/5 See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Years after being traumatized by a hitchhiker, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) is trying to piece his life back together. After being suspended from the police force, he decides to return to Texas to speak with a friend about his problems. He reluctantly agrees to let his girlfriend, Maggie (Kari Wuhrer), join him. As they drive, Maggie lets a stranded driver (Jake Busey) into the car. Halsey becomes suspicious and kicks him out, but the stranger returns, undeterred, to wreak havoc.
Director
Louis Morneau
Producer
Alfred Haber, Oliver G. Hess, Kevin M. Kallberg, Charles R. Meeker
Screenwriter
Molly Meeker, Charles R. Meeker, Leslie Scharf
Production Co
TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2012
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
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