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Synopsis: 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.

Starring: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush

Supporting actors: Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis, Skip O'Brien, Travis Schuldt, Danny Bolero, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Yara Martinez, Lauren Cohn, Michael J. Fisher, Joseph Michael Self, Brad Robinson, Kurt Grossi, Kurt Bryant, Dick Hancock, Jesse De Luna, Kurt E. Soderling, Lance Strumpf, Damon Carney, Dave Colon

Directed by: Dave Meyers

Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes

Release year: 2007

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong bloody violence, terror and language.

ASIN: B002NK2F8K (Rental) and B000Q4RJI6 (Purchase)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,746 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)

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Rental rights: 24 hour viewing period, play online or download to one location. Details

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Compatible with: Mac and PC online viewing, Windows PC download, TiVo DVRs, Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link, Roku player, compatible portable video devices. System requirements

Format: Amazon Video on Demand (streaming online video and digital download)

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The Hitcher (Full Screen Edition) DVD ~ Sean Bean

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Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2007
MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, terror and language.
Production Company: Intrepid Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Focus Features
USA Box Office: $ 16 Million
Filming Locations: Austin, Texas, USA | Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA | Taylor, Texas, USA | University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA | Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA | Chimayo, New Mexico, USA | Galisteo, New Mexico, USA | Moriarty, New Mexico, USA | Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

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3.0 out of 5 stars Road-Killer, May 26, 2007

By	Mark Eremite "This Is A Display Model Only" (Seoul, South Korea) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Hitcher (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

"The Hitcher" is a so-so film that desperately wants to be a killer music video. Starring Sophia Bush (that One Tree Hill girl who is so pretty it makes my eyes water) and Zachary Knighton (I'd never heard of him before, but he looks like the type who'd date Sophia Bush), the film wastes no time with pleasantries. The two lovers hit the road, and then the road hits back.

The road in my oh-so-clever analogy turns out to be John Ryder, the hitcher, a man with a grudge against life. Literally. In one of his first lines of the film, Ryder admits that the reason he tortures, maims, and kills people is because he wants someone to stop him. This sort of Swiftean take on nihilism is often used by scriptwriters to give a character license to indulge in flat-eyed melodrama (emotive beef jerky, I call it), but Sean Bean -- as the unflagging madman -- lets his desperation and his senseless rage simmer without boiling over into false theatrics. Bean is really the reason to watch this film.

It's too bad he's not in it more than he is. Most of the time we are forced to watch Bush and Knighton wander around making typically bad decisions and then griping or whining about it to each other when there's a break in the action.

I don't blame the actors. These sorts of brash bonanzas of violence and destruction don't really need much in the way of plotting to do their job, but they do need some kind of decent writing. I mean, take a look at Spielberg's Duel. For a movie with such a minimal plot and perhaps two pages of dialogue, this film works macabre magic. "The Hitcher," in lieu of compelling characters and a solid build-up of tension has, instead, the rat-a-tat-tat subtlety (and pace) of a semi-automatic. Short bursts of loud chaos, interspersed with brief moments of silence. You don't want that barrel to melt.

I give the film a thumbs up for its dervishes, for the car chases (set to blaring Nine Inch Nails), the near-misses, and the bold direct hits (I'll admit that I was shocked and surprised by the scene with the semi-truck and the chains). But, just like the (lack of) beliefs of the title character, the movie doesn't seem to care about much of anything, making it easy for the viewer to feel likewise.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Hitcher remake!, June 1, 2007

By	StarRaezer "Star" (mountain home, idaho United States) - See all my reviews

I was a huge fan of the orginal film The Hitcher, and was very excited to see a remake being made in 2006. I was reluctant to rent it because I aboslutely loved the orginial. It was one of my all time scariest, creepiest movies that I've carried images of in my mind for two decades.

Now, I am happy to say--I've just rented The Hitcher and don't want to return it to the videio store! This movie is a keeper! The special effects are fabulous, the actors superb, and I am thrilled and delighted with this remake.

I feel it is a true piece of creative and thrillingly creepy and eerily wonderful horror!

Thank you for this film!

Sincerely,
Star

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1.0 out of 5 stars Leave this hitcher on the roadside and get the original., October 8, 2007

By	Steven Hedge "Movie Fan" (Somewhere "East of Eden") - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Hitcher (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

If there was ever a pointless remake of a film, then this one is it.

Not even Sean Bean can salvage this wreck of a film and I'm a huge fan of his work and it matters little if he's a bad guy, as in National Treasure, or an average "Joe", as in Flightplan. This film offers no reasonable reason for remaking a cult classic. This film is an almost shot for shot remake of The Hitcher with C. Thomas Howell and the great Rutger Hauer but lacks all the genuine chills and suspense that the original had.

In the original, Hauer's hitcher was more evil incarnate than a real flesh and blood character and this film's flaw is that Bean seems all too real. He's just your average psychopath that we hope to never meet whereas Hauer's hitcher is was an evil presence we feared finding us no matter where we might be. He was soulless and happy to be so. Bean's hitcher seems to have not only a soul, but also a conscious. He wants to be stopped. It's like a plea for help. We got none of that "touchy feely" crap with Hauer's villain.

To continue to berate this remake is rather pointless and so is this remake. Go rent the original shocker and enjoy some genuine thrills instead of this senseless mess.

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