You won't be disappointed!

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

That was an excellent one.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This is underrated gem an underrated sequel and that not a bad one, and that a good one. I enjoy it, I never hated the film like fans of the first film does. Kari Wuhrer was a good scared girl a victim who turns in to heroine on the end of the film and stops the killer. C. Thomas Howell is back as Jim Halsey and he does a good job, I love his character. He saved young boy's life from a maniac and he saved Maggie from been killed. I like this film a lot, doesn't love it, like I love the first one but I like it a lot. It is so bad that is good.The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003) is a good fun sequel not better than the first original movie, or the greatest one, but a good one. C. Thomas Howell returns as Jim Halsey from the first film and he is respectfully in the film and he is for the rest 40 minutes in the film and he does his job well. His character is respectfully treated in this movie from a scared boy to a cop who saves people. The first movie is a cult classic action film while this movie in my opinion is a step down from the first film but a good sequel and I don't think it is horrible. I understand why fans of the first 1986 film hate this sequel and are major disappointed. That is because this film killed off the two main characters from the first film. That was a bad idea and they shouldn't have done that. Jake Busey is a terrible psychotic hitchhiker he is no Rutger Hauer. John Ryder was a stone cold psychopathic maniac killer on a highway, while Jack is a sociopathic killer and he is no John Ryder I understand that. His character is not stone cold, he talks way too much and he is goofing around, that hurts the film. Eric Red should have return for the script, in stead it was written by three people. The film faithfully follows the first film and does not copy the formula from the original film or copy the cult classic film at all, I like that. You have a truck been chased by an airplane and a great showdown between the heroine and the villain. A bad-ass scene I like that scene in the film so much. They are low budget but a good practical effects, the film doesn't copy the original end of the film and you have a huge explosion on the end. Jack is not John Ryder's son sorry fans, and he is not different or better than Rutger Hauer, but a lame version of a hitchhiker killer.I really wish to get this film on DVD, I will make a copy of this film for myself. I have two version of the first Hitcher on DVD and I love it. I saw this film on VHS tape in the video store many years ago when I was in high school and this movie got me in to "The Hitcher" movies.6/10 not a bad horrible sequel like everyone says, it is a good film. I love The Hitcher 1 and like The Hitcher 2. I like, like a lot this sequel, Kari Wuhrer is still a good heroine to me. The film is Rated R and still try's to be a horror movie with suspense, it is blood and nasty horror film tough. :P

"Hitcher II: I've been waiting" was kind of unnecessary but it wasn't all that bad. The acting isn't that bad. There are suspenseful moments that even are as good as the first film. However it is the exact same plot, with a little bit of tweaking. There is lots of action and a high body count, if that's what you're looking for. Gore levels are pretty low, though. And most important, although he couldn't touch Rutger Hauer's acting, the villain (Jake Busey) in Hitcher 2 was a good character. He is the reincarnation of John Ryder. Some people may say this is a cheap sequel but it is somehow entertaining, especially by today's expectations for DTV's. Another thing that was okay were flashbacks from the first movie, which worked well to use here.

Still severely traumatized by his near fatal run-in with deranged roving serial killer John Ryder, Jim Halsey (ably reprised by C. Thomas Howell) decides to surmount his demons by returning back to the lonely stretch of West Texas backroads where the initial agonizing ordeal occurred. Jim's gutsy and loving girlfriend Maggie (an engagingly feisty Kari Wuhrer) tags along for moral support. The pair encounter another shrewd psychotic hitchhiker named Jack (essayed with marvelously maniacal relish by Jake Busey), who naturally proceeds to put Jim and Maggie through absolute nerve-shredding bloody hell. This belated straight-to-video follow-up turns out to be a surprisingly solid, suspenseful and satisfying sequel: It's directed with style and gusto to burn by Louis Morneau (who previously scored with the superlative "Retroactive"), acted with comparable aplomb by the entire cast, with sumptuously adept, gliding, sinuous cinematography by George Mooradian, a bracingly swift rat-a-tat-tat pace that never drags for a second, a shivery, pile-driving score by Joe Kraemer, a considerable amount of gut-ripping tension, a sharply sardonic sense of humor, and a hair-raising lump-in-your-throat shoot-the-fireworks bravura action finale. A surefire winner that almost matches the sterling quality of the simply astonishing original, this honey's a whole lot better than expected and definitely worth checking out.

When I first saw "The Hitcher 2: I've been Waiting" on SciFi I found it to be extremely underrated. I thought it was pretty entertaining and I enjoyed very much.. It was thrilling, action packed, & dramatic all mixed together. The elements in it were extremely good to say the least. Although the story was relatively the same as the first one, yet it makes up for that with a few shocking moments which conclude with a big showdown at the end.Now to all who may be wondering if you should check it out well don't listen to all the negativity. I recommend you all give it a try and make your on decision. Either way I give The Hitcher 2: I've been Waiting ***1/2 stars out of five.