The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting takes place a while after the first one. C. Thomas Howell is having trouble getting over what happened, which is very understandable. Kari Wuher, his woman, thinks he should be getting over it faster, which doesn't really make any sense, because what Rutger did to him in the first movie was pretty traumatizing. Anyway, they decide to take a vacation to get away from it all. Howell is murdered by the new Hitcher, played by Jake Busey, and now Wuher must sub in for Howell and remake the first movie.
I didn't go into this movie with high expectations, and I still was let down. First, Howell was killed off early. I couldn't believe it. Why am I watching it then? Busey wasn't bad as the new Hitcher, but he also isn't Rutger Hauer. Part of the allure of the first movie was the advanced age of the killer--like he could almost be a twisted father figure to Howell. Maybe they should've gotten Jake's dad, Gary, instead, or even Dennis Hopper. Then we'd all be happy.
This isn't really a sequel, it's a cheap remake sans anyone worth watching. Jake Busey and Kari Wuher are great extra people to throw in, but I need someone big, like a Hopper, or a Hauer. I was expecting C. Thomas Howell, but the movie makers were arrogant enough to think they could pull this off without him. They were wrong. Dead Wrong.
Don't waste your time on this sack of asscrack. I'm not even talking about spending money on it, I'm saying don't waste the hour-and-a-half of your life. Don't see it for free. Watch something you've already seen before, like the episode of SportsCenter you just sat through. Or watch something you've never seen, like a soccer game, or a mini-marathon of Laguna Beach. Whatever you do, don't watch this.
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