Best movie ever!

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is one of the worst horrible remakes I have ever experience. This movie is absolutely horrible painful to watch. This movie is garbage and junk. Un watchable. This movie is so boring, slow paced. The first 10 minutes nothing happens. I don't care about characters. Both of the lead characters are annoying. This film rips off and steal the formula from the first film and the second one. Sophia Bush is awful she is awful, annoying I dislike her so much. Sean Bean is not John Ryder he can't hold a candle to Rutger Hauer. This movie sucks. Who is this unknown actor Zachary Knighton? I don't know the actor, there is no acting in this movie. No action, no heart, no soul nothing this movie is blank. It is a painful to watch. It is not a good movie. I love The Hitcher (1986) to death it is my favorite film off all time. It is a cult classic one of the best horror films ever. I like The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) it is a good sequel I enjoy it. Kari Wuhrer was a great bad-ass lead to a scared girl from a victim to a heroine. So yes I disagree with critics about the sequel.Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton are horrible lead, they can't act. In the original film there was trough half of the film one boy, he was alone against a maniac who try's to kill him and the hero try's to survive, while in this movie they are two against one. Against one hitcher two people come one. They go and kill off again the main leads from the first film the same that the sequel did. You don't have a suspense, you don't have intensity in here. Dave Meyers failed to direct the film he doesn't know how the direct a film. I don't hate all the remakes but this one was pointless, soulless remake and did not been made. The remakes I like: Fright Night (2011), Friday the 13th (2009), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009), The Punisher (2004), Punisher: War Zone (2008), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), House of Wax (2005) and Dawn of the Dead (2004) I like those movies they are miles way better!Remakes I hate: A Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween, Terminator: Genysys, RoboCop and The Hitcher those are awful horrible movies. I can't stand them. Alexandre Aja was a better director he know what to do and I love The Hills Have Eyes Remake, I love Friday the 13th reboot to death I love those two films. Marcus Nispel directed better remake than Dave Meyers ever did. Joy Ride (2001), Road Games (1981), Duel (1971), Jeepers Creepers (2001) and When Strangers Appears (2001) are much better road movies in my opinion than this remake.1/10 F I hate this movie and I dislike it very much. I will never watch this movie ever again in my inter life I don't want to have this movie in my movie collection. I am staying away.

I would have rated this one higher if the ending was different. I didn't like them trying to make a super-heroine out of the girl - that was lame, other than that it's a decent watch. 7/10

I know most remakes usually pale in comparison to the original, but this one wasn't bad at all. I don't really know so many people disliked this film. I thought it was a fun little B-movie, well worth a watch if you like these type of "run from killer" films. The movie obviously wasn't fantastic, I think they could have found better actors. But to complain about things not making sense or plot holes is silly, a movie is not meant for that, it's not meant for people who watch them to compare it to how things work in the real world. Movies are always just meant for enjoyment, and I enjoyed this film, to me, that's all that matters. If I cant enjoy something or get into it, I will not like it regardless if everything makes perfect sense and there are no plot holes.

Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) is driving college girlfriend Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) to meet her friends. On a rainy night while driving in desolate New Mexico, they almost run over John Ryder (Sean Bean). The couple leaves him behind and there is no phone signal. Ryder catches up to the couple at a gas station and guilts Jim into hitching a ride. Ryder turns out to be a psycho and Jim manages to kick him out. Ryder catches another ride with a young family but Jim crashes the car before they could be warned. As Jim and Grace walk along the road, they run into the family again but they are all stabbed. They try to drive them to the hospital but the family all die. They are arrested by the cops. Ryder comes and kills everybody at the station. Jim and Grace run away. State police Lt. Esteridge (Neal McDonough) comes in to take over the case.The main difference from the original is the girlfriend along for the ride. Sophia Bush is a good addition. Zachary Knighton is not compelling enough. He's just another grungy pretty boy. They need to write a few good jokes for him and give the guy a personality. Sean Bean is a good actor and he has the gruff demeanor. However, he doesn't have the superhuman presence of Rutger Hauer's Ryder. Bean is playing a straight forward psychopath. This movie has fixed a couple of problems from the original but it doesn't have that hyper shock that the original represented. Critics loved to hate the original. The final act makes a switch. It's a good idea because Bush is a better actor and probably a better crier.