The Hitcher is a 2007 American road horror thriller film starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The Hitcher was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes.

Plot

College students, Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) and Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) are driving across New Mexico to meet their friends for spring break. On their first night of driving, they nearly hit a hitchhiker, who was standing in the middle of the road. Jim swerves, and the car spins out of control to a stop. As the man approaches, Grace insists that someone else will stop to help him, and they take off.