I can not get behind this. There was no reason to remake this movie at ALL. Sure, Sean Bean is a decent choice I guess, but fuck man. This was one of the all time best psychological horror movies ever and they seem to have made it into standard fare. A happy young couple picks up a guy, he goes violent, the cops don’t seem to believe them, they have to hunt him down.

Lots of chasing and running and scared yelps and jumping and action-y scenes.

Everything the first didn’t need to overdose on because it was SMART.

This one? Not smart-looking. Here’s the trailer:

Guh this annoys me. Go see the original and bask in the glory that is The Hitcher, before this mess comes out. Seriously.

P.S. – And yet I will probably rent this new one if only to give it a fair-as-possible attempt at winning me over.