
A young man hitchhiking back home to visit his mother is picked up by a mysterious stranger. As the ride goes on, the young man uncovers a terrible secret about the stranger, and is given a choice by the stranger. A choice that can mean life or death.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young man hitchhiking back home to visit his mother is picked up by a mysterious stranger. As the ride goes on, the young man uncovers a terrible secret about the stranger, and is given a choice by the stranger. A choice that can mean life or death.
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| About.comFred TopelAs good as any Stephen King movie. Not the profound classics ... and not the classy thrillers... but certainly on par with any effective supernatural tale. |
| Film ThreatJeremy KnoxGarris wrote the screenplay himself and adds one significant improvement over the original short: changing the date of the story from 2001 to 1969. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A very sub-par series of clunky ideas about mortality, none of which amount to a decent horror film. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonWriter-director Mick Garris has a real feeling for the horror master's melancholy worldview - love is loss - but he's too reverent toward the original story, the ending of which, both on the page and, now, on the screen, lands with an overly elegiac thud. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMichael TunisonYet another reason to think twice before thumbing a ride, kids. |
| The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenBoth the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe "Bullet" is an amusement-park roller coaster, and the title is a ham-fisted metaphor for facing your fears. |
| Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonImagine a feature-length version of the "Large Marge" sequence from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and you won't be too far off, only that was scarier. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaAs obras de Stephen King já renderam alguns ótimos filmes, mas também muitos péssimos. Infelizmente, Riding the Bullet se encaixa nesta última categoria. |