Hitchhiking to Cornytown

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thehitchermovieposterFilm: The Hitcher

Actor(s): Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn

Official Drop Date: February 21, 1986

Blades: 4

Review: I actually had high hopes for this flick and I’m unsure why. Loser in the movie almost dies because he fell asleep at the wheel. After picking up a total stranger, Paul tells his whole life story and after hitchhiker almost gets him killed again, Paul kicked him out of the car – or at least tried to. Suspense soon turns into annoyance with Paul as he’s being framed for murders left and right. What lessons have we learned boys and girls? Not to do road trips in the dessert! Paul officially lost his mind towards the end of the film and was about to take me with him.

To sum up the film: Dumbass #1 picks up dumbass #2 (blonde chick) who drops fun in a shootout. Dumbass #1 does quick thinking and recovers. From one dumb mistake to the next was the theme of the film. Now that the police and crowd see that dumbass #1 is innocent, but toolate because dumbass #2 is strung up between a cab of big rigs and the cargo haul. Seems like the hitchhiker wanted to be killed at the hands of dumbass #1 but decides to kill dumbass #2 anyway. Crazy people keep me from driving cross-country.

4 blades for keeping me watching. No handcuffs because it was a rental.

blades: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆

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