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A Balasaur Score of 43 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 19%, Metacritic 28/100. Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. Most of the 929 2000s crime movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Metacritic28/100
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
1,024 audience votes
Key crew
- Dave MeyersDirector
- Eric RedScreenplay
- Eric BerntScreenplay
- Steve JablonskyOriginal Music Composer
- Jake Wade WallScreenplay
Cast
- Sean BeanJohn Ryder
- Sophia BushGrace Andrews
- Zachary KnightonJim Halsey
- Neal McDonoughLieutenant Esteridge
- Kyle DavisStore Clerk
- Danny BoleroOfficer Edwards
- Jeffrey HutchinsonYoung Father
- Skip O'BrienHarlan Bremmer Sr.
- Travis SchuldtHarlan Bremmer Jr.
- Yara MartinezBeth
- Lauren CohnMarlene
- Kurt GrossiOfficer Franklin
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Themes
gas stationpsychopathshotgunnew mexicodeputy sheriffcar crashroad tripremakehitchhikerseries of murderspolice stationdesert