Alberto Abuín Espinof Apr 27, 2020

A huge waste of time. [Full review in Spanish]

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William Venegas La Nación (Costa Rica) Apr 27, 2020

The highway becomes a battlefield full of blood and junk. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jason Anderson Globe and Mail Apr 27, 2020 2/4

Viewers looking for more than a few secondhand thrills should drive right past The Hitcher.

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Chris Beaumont Film School Rejects Apr 27, 2020

It is all setup and superficial story with very little depth. Still, it was fun.

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Robert Fure Film School Rejects Apr 27, 2020

Overall we get a pretty decent flick that first timers should enjoy and fans of the original shouldn't outright hate.

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Steve Dread Central Apr 27, 2020 1.5/5

Aside from a few changes, The Hitcher '07 is pretty much the same film as the original, just not done as well.

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Daily Mirror Staff Daily Mirror (UK) Apr 27, 2020

Alas, there's nothing memorable here with the decent bits all cribbed and the hunter-prey dynamic diluted by having three principal players.

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Mark Adams Daily Mirror (UK) Apr 27, 2020 2/5

The original film was nicely atmospheric and gritty, whereas this version is aimed at the teen audience and lacks the tension, relying on car crashes rather than chills.

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Philip French Observer (UK) Apr 27, 2020

The Hitcher is superior to Paradise Lost and more frightening, though no great shakes.

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Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News Nov 21, 2019

This remake of the 1986 thriller starring Rutger Hauer and C. Thomas Howell isn't just pointless, it's preposterous, silly and dull.

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Scott Weinberg TheHorrorShow Aug 28, 2015

If you can't improve upon your original in some small way, then you're simply churning out assembly-line product for a gradually more disinterested fan-base.

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Steve Newton Georgia Straight Jul 6, 2010 3/5

Despite its Playboy Playmate heroine and corny-as-hell climax, The Hitcher is still more engrossing than most of the other horror redos unleashed on the youth market of late. I'm talkin' to you, Grudge 2.

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Brian Marder Hollywood.com Nov 20, 2008 2/5

Director Dave Meyers truly eliminates most of the psychological aspect of the original 1986 Hitcher in exchange for a polished contemporary feel.

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Tim Grierson Screen International Jul 28, 2008

The recent assembly-line remaking of recognizable horror titles continues with The Hitcher, a dreary updating of the 1986 Rutger Hauer thriller.

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Steve Biodrowski ESplatter Jul 14, 2008

The new version is an adequate technical exercise ... but the attempts at 'originality' undermine whatever meager integrity the original possessed.

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Scott Mendelson rec.arts.movies.reviews Aug 25, 2007 C

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Kyle Smith New York Post Aug 22, 2007 2/4

[It's] cheerfully in touch with its own brainlessness.

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Bruce Kirkland Jam! Movies Jul 21, 2007 2/5

For my taste, it was better off left dead, roadkill on the cinematic highway.

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Stax IGN Jun 25, 2007 2.5/5

While this new Hitcher has its moments, it just doesn't make for as scary or interesting a ride as its predecessor.

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon Jun 19, 2007 3/5

Enjoyably trashy remake with a suitably creepy performance from Sean Bean, even if it's not quite on the level of Rutger Hauer's original.

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