The Hitcher: Difference between revisions

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* [[Break the Cutie]]: In the original. John succeeds.

* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: {{spoiler|Nash}}.

* [[Death By Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Jim and Lt. Esteridge}} are BOTH killed in the remake.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Jim and Lt. Esteridge}} are BOTH killed in the remake.

* [[The End - Or Is It?]]: Subverted. John does get up at the end of the original, {{spoiler|but Jim shoots him dead on the spot.}}

* [[The End - or Is It?]]: Subverted. John does get up at the end of the original, {{spoiler|but Jim shoots him dead on the spot.}}

* [[Final Girl]]: Jim Halsey (to an extent) and Grace in the remake.

* [[Fingore]]: One of the most infamous scenes involves Jim finding a severed finger in his french fries.

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* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: {{spoiler|Nash}} in the original, {{spoiler|Jim}} in the remake.

* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Ryder repeatedly gives Jim the opportunity to kill him, goading him to do so. {{spoiler|Possibly a subversion, as it's unclear if Ryder truly wants to end his own rampage, or if he wants to turn ''Jim'' into a killer who'll carry on after him.}}

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Ryder takes out several squad cars and a frickin' helicopter with no more than a handgun ''while driving''...all to the strains of [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Nine]] [[Nine Inch Nails ~~(Music)~~|Inch Nails]] (in the remake). See also the [[Car Fu]] entry above.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Ryder takes out several squad cars and a frickin' helicopter with no more than a handgun ''while driving''...all to the strains of [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Nine]] [[Nine Inch Nails|Inch Nails]] (in the remake). See also the [[Car Fu]] entry above.

* [[Love Interest]]: Nash in the original, Jim in the remake.

* [[Police Are Useless]]: At least in the remake. The police officers act idiotically and unmethodically.