The Hitcher (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Dave Meyers |
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The Hitcher by Eric Red |
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| Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | James Hawkinson |
| Edited by | Jim May |
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| Distributed by | Rogue Pictures |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $25.4 million |
The Hitcher is a 2007 American slasher film starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and C. Thomas Howell. The Hitcher was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes. This is the second feature film collaboration between Sean Bean and Michael Bay after the 2005 film, The Island.
The film was released on January 19, 2007, in the US and on June 1, 2007, in the UK.
Jim Halsey and Grace Andrews are driving across New Mexico to meet her friends for spring break. One night in the pouring rain, they almost hit a hitchhiker who is standing in the middle of the road near his broken down car. Jim swerves and the car spins out of control to a stop. As the man approaches, Grace insists that someone else will stop to help him and they speed off.
At a gas station, Jim sees the hitchhiker climb out of a truck. Inside, he introduces himself as John Ryder and asks for a ride. Reluctantly, Jim agrees. While on the road, the hitchhiker becomes violent and attacks them, holding a knife to Grace's eye. The hitchhiker tells Jim the only way to save them both is to say, "I want to die." Jim hits the brakes, causing the hitchhiker to hit his head on the windshield and kicks the hitchhiker repeatedly until Grace opens the passenger door and he is pushed out.
The following day while driving, a family in a station wagon pass them, with the hitchiker in the back. Jim and Grace try to warn the family, but crash their car. The couple is forced to continue on foot and they eventually find the family's car on the side of the road; both the children and mother are already dead, with the father badly wounded and slowly dying. Taking the station wagon, the couple head towards town hoping to take the man to a hospital. After the hitchhiker attempts to run them off the road, Jim and Grace stop at a cafe, where the man dies.
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