The Hitcher is a remake released in 2007.
A young couple running from home almost hit a man in the middle of the road. They leave him stranded and drive off. Then when getting gas, the man was picked up by a trucker and dropped off there too. Feeling guilty the couple offer him a ride to the nearest town. When driving he reveals his real identity. He is maniac killer. The couple are framed for murdering his victims and are on the run from the cops, and on the run from THE HITHER.

The Hitcher is a good remake caught at a bad time. Although this is a entertaining film i think people are starting to get sick of these remakes. I have no problem with them but when you look at their performence in the box office they suffer. I love seing an original film and so do alot of others. When company’s stop putting their money into these remakes we will get some original thrillers. I mean i’m in anticipation for Friday The 13th (2009), A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010), and the rumoured Roesmary’s Baby, butwhat people want to see is new films, not ones predictable and oldish. By oldish i mean things that feel like DeJaVu. When watching this there was one film that stood in my mind because this is so like it. Jeepers Creepers. The only thing different really is that in this the creature is a serial killer.
The plot is basically the same as the original with added dialogue, and gore. I could tell that they wore hoping for the same-style feel by just how much it was like it’s preceeder. The plot has some suspense but as a horror flick it has satisfied me.
The acting is average with Sophia Bush as the “final girl”. She is believable but in some scenes she was terrible. Sean Bean is such a good killer. He pulls off the scary, killer look so well and i would’ve left him on the side of the road aswell.
Overall it’s a straight-out horror flick built on gore, and thrill scenes, but with more suspense my rating would be higher. My rating is 3/5