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Personal Review: The Hitcher
The Hitcher
I had always been a fan of The Hitcher. The original 1986, not the crappy remake. At one point where one of the characters, Ryder, kidnaps Nash. He then ties Nash up between two semi trucks and threaten to realize the clutch of one of the trucks which would cause it to roll and rip her in half. To make this death a bit more cringe worthing is the fact that there was cops on the scene who can’t do anything. Reasoning why is because if they were to shoot Ryder, they know that it would cause his foot to slip off the clutch and lead Nash to her death. But long story short, Ryder did took off his foot off the clutch leading to Nash to be torn into to two. Even though we don’t see it happen, I feel that it was a lot more effective that

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