MC
Marco Castellini
•A young man picks up a hitchhiker at night. The man, John Ryder, is actually a madman who kills anyone he meets on his way. For the boy, a nightmare begins: at first he thinks he has managed to shake off the killer, but it is not so, the madman does not give him any respite, follows him and kills everyone he tries to contact. Even the police cannot help him, blaming him instead for the murders committed by the madman. In the end, however, the young man will manage to get rid of Ryder forever.
An original plot and a gripping pace are the merits (not small) of this horror-thriller. Of course, some flaws are not lacking: almost total absence of “strong” scenes and a script with some holes (how does the killer madman always manage to appear at the right moment and eliminate, alone and armed with a knife, three police officers armed to the teeth?). However, a good film, starring the admirable Rutger Hauer (in the role of the mad hitchhiker).
