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Release Date: January 19th, 2007

DVD Release Date: May 1st, 2007

R|1 hr 30 min

Plot Summary
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.

Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Lauren Cohn, Skip O'Brien, Travis Schuldt, Damon Carney

Director: Dave Meyers

Genres: Thriller

Production Co: Platinum Dunes, Intrepid Pictures

Distributors: Focus Features, Rogue Pictures

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  • 50
    Premiere

    The Hitcher's main problem is that many of the title character's dirty deeds are done off-camera. Instead of seeing Ryder trap his victims before he kills them, the audience is treated to plenty of butchered corpses that seem to magically appear after Ryder leaves a room. show more

  • 20
    Frank ScheckThe Hollywood Reporter

    While the 1986 edition was no classic, it's light years better than this update, which naturally opened without being screened for those ultimate villains, the critics. show more

  • 50
    Kyle SmithNew York Post

    The Hitcher is the Jessica Simpson of psycho killer flicks - cheerfully in touch with its own brainlessness. show more

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