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Title: Logic takes a back seat ...
Review: I bought this on a whim, having heard good things about it.It starts off well with Rutger Hauer suitably understated and menacing. However, by the first half hour the movie gets lost in la-la land with "The Hitcher" apparently having the killing and survival power of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator.On top of the body count he racks up while hitching on the freeway, he also manages to take out a bunch of cops at a backwater police station (all killed apparently in total silence while our hero is taking a nap in one of the cells).At this point, it took all of my energy not to switch the movie off in disgust. It's too ridiculous to be thrilling. This sort of thing has been done so much better in numerous other films. Steven Spielberg's Duel being one example. Even Breakdown with Kurt Russell was more convincing than this.Despite the occasional effective moment, my advice would be to give this one a big miss ...
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