The Hitcher
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and…
- Director: Dave Meyers
- Genre: Action | Horror | Thriller
- Tagline: Never pick up strangers.
- Runtime: 84 minutes
Cast
Sean Bean : John Ryder
Sophia Bush : Grace Andrews
Zachary Knighton : Jim Halsey
Neal McDonough : Lt. Esteridge
Kyle Davis : Buford’s Store Clerk
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Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) and Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) are tormented by a mysterious hitchhiker named John Ryder (Sean Bean).
The young couple hit the road en route to spring break in a 1970 Oldsmobile 442. Ryder dangerously stands on the road, near his car, which apparently has broken down. After passing they worry that they might have hit him. When they see that he is unharmed, Grace insists that they do not give him a ride as he could be dangerous.
At a gas station, Jim sees Ryder climb out of a tractor-trailer cab while gassing up. Ryder introduces himself and asks for a ride. Reluctantly Jim agrees. While on the road, Ryder becomes violent and holds a knife to Grace’s throat. Ryder tells him the only way to save himself and Grace is to say four little words, “I want to die.” Instead, Jim screams out “I don’t wanna die!”. He then brakes violently, causing Ryder to hit his head on the windshield. Halsey then speeds up, kicking Ryder repeatedly until Grace opens the passenger door and he is ejected.
Later Jim and Grace drive down the road and see an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon with a couple of kids playing in the back seat. We then see Ryder appear in the back of the car, apparently hitchhiking. Grace and Jim try to warn the family of Ryder, but they get run off the road by an oncoming tractor-trailer. In the crash, Jim’s car is totaled, forcing the couple to continue on foot. They eventually find the station wagon on the side of the road. Both the children and the mother are dead. The father has a knife embedded in his stomach and is slowly dying.
Hoping to find help for the dying man, the couple take the station wagon and head towards town. Ryder appears in an earlier seen Dodge Ram and attempts to run them off the road in a stolen truck. They stop at a cafe, where the father dies. Suspected of committing the murders, Jim and Grace became victims of police brutality when they are arrested and brought to the police station. Grace is interrogated while Jim is held in a cell. Ryder shows up and kills everyone at the station except for Jim and Grace who flee on foot.Read more
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