Many people disliked this movie for a variety of reasons. I, on the other hand, did not mind it all that much. Let’s discuss why in this Things I Fear Movie Review for The Hitcher.
So the movie starts off in a typical teenager going on a road trip kind of way. This is evident by two teenagers going on a road trip. They are actually 21 or so, but that’s beside the point. So they drive around for a bit and then narrowly avoid hitting a guy who is pulled over at the side of the road who is in clear need of roadside assistance. The girl in the car does not approve of lending a helping hand so they drive away.
After she is seduced by the gas station cashier (naturally), the couple look to leave but are confronted by the very man that they had recently left for dead. They offer him a ride and the girl is nor too pleased. In the car, something happens that leads to the guy being thrown out of the car. It may or may not be because he threatens to kill both of them with a knife that he is holding after he breaks their cell phone and makes a vulgar comment. But I don’t want to give anything away.
The couple find the hitchhiker (or Hitcher, if you will) hiding behind the safety of a plush frog in the backseat of a car belonging to a religious cult of supremacists. Okay, it’s actually just a completely normal family, but I like my description a little bit better. So they get killed and a tree branch goes through the couple’s car. Then a red truck ignores them on the side of the road (karma!) and then the police begin to hunt after the innocent couple because they fail to do any actual police work.
At a diner, some of the most illogical choices are made. This includes the most useless attempt at pleading innocence and a pathetic display of asking for help. I mean seriously. The rest of the movie could have been resolved if the two of them (mostly her) just used her brain for even 15 seconds. Instead of asking for help or trying to explain why they need help, she goes into the diner and asks the waitress to call 911 and then locks herself in the bathroom.
After getting arrested for probable cause, the couple discover that every cop in the area has been killed by the hitchhiker who has a strange obsession with them. So much so that he rolls that red truck over the top of a mountain at them. Then they are in a shack with a scorpion and a spider. Then a cop is killed. Then there is a police chase with a helicopter that somehow gets shot down with a handgun. Then the sheriff or whatever his credentials indicate is killed while wearing a large hat. This is all build up for the intense last couple of minutes.
Overall, it’s okay. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. But you can talk to us on Facebook as long as it’s not about The Hitcher or this Movie Review.
