A couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.A couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.A couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
- Transport Guard #2
- (as Mike Fisher)
- Transport Guard #1
- (as Joseph Michael Self)
- Ryder's Guard
- (as Richard Hancock)
- Officer #1
- (as Jesse DeLuna)
- Helicopter Co-Pilot
- (as Kurt Soderling)
Storyline
Did you know
- Goofs(at around 17 mins) After Grace and Jim push the Hitchhiker out of the car, as soon as he is pushed, and shows him outside, you can see Grace leaning out and shutting the door. But when it shows them back in the car, she is still in the back seat, then moves to the front, and shuts the door, although she already did.
- Quotes
John Ryder: [points to Grace] She's a good-looking girl... how long have you been fucking her?
Jim Halsey: What?
John Ryder: It's a simple question.
Jim Halsey: [Jim see's John's wedding ring] How long have you been fucking your wife?
John Ryder: I'm not married.
Jim Halsey: Then what's with the ring?
John Ryder: Makes strangers think I'm trustworthy.
Jim Halsey: Are you?
John Ryder: No...
[John destroys Jim's cell phone]
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was cut by the distributor to secure a 'Not under 16' rating. Uncut version is available on DVD and was rated "Not under 18".
- ConnectionsEdited into Honest Trailers: Lord of the Rings (2012)
- SoundtracksMove Along
Written by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler
Performed by The All-American Rejects (as The All American Rejects)
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
The movie itself is plenty intense, a decent amount of "boo scares", quick pace, attractive leads, decent acting (for the most part). Compared to the rest of the movies being released these days, I would say this is definitely above par. The only thing that I can't get over is how much alike the original it was.
There are a couple differences (the girlfriend, and a few others) that didn't really add anything to the movie at all, and even with those differences (which you would think could actually change the movie a lot) a lot of scenes are almost shot for shot the same. Acting wise, I think the main male actor faired a little better than c thomas howell... and i like sean bean a lot, but unfortunately he seemed to be doing a rutger haurer impression the whole time (dunno if that was his choice, or the filmmakers) Sophia Bush, as attractive as she is... did not impress me very much acting wise, but she wasn't horrible either.
All in all, I give this a 7, and I would personally give the original an 8.5. This one did some things better than the original, i think the original was more intense without feeling as "forced" as this one does (the level of brutality in movies feels pretty forced lately, you may understand what i mean, you may not) I honestly think that Hollywood could make some money if they would retouch some old movies and re-release them, and advertise them correctly.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Carretera al infierno
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,472,961
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,234,000
- Jan 21, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $25,399,945
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1