TriStar Pictures
Directed by Robert Harmon
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, HBO Video)
A teenager driving cross country picks up the wrong hitchhiker on a desolate Texas highway. The two engage in an escalating battle of survival, eventually consuming everything and everyone around them. Rutger Hauer is perfect as the practically indestructible hitchhiker empowered by the teen's growing sense of desperation. Jennifer Jason Leigh also stands out as a sympathetic waitress. It borrows heavily from previous films, especially Spielberg's seminal TV movie Duel, and becomes increasingly unrealistic with each passing scene, but undeniably suspenseful and practically unstoppable.
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