In this corner, the Hitcher! In that corner, the Italian! Who will win? Who cares? That’s your choice for this weekend. The remake of the ’80s thriller “The Hitcher” has no competition to speak off, with only “The Italian” opening in limited release, which means even if it’s a steaming pile of bird doo doo, the totally unnecessary (and from the trailers, totally insipid) remake will make some good money. Whoever programmed the film to release this weekend knew what they were doing and deserves a raise.
At the risk of sounding artsy fartsy, I’m going to recommend “The Italian”, if only because it’s not another lousy and completely unnecessary Hollywood remake, and really, why do we want to encourage brain dead Hollywood?
So what’s “The Italian” about? “Set in the ’40s, an abandoned young Russian boy, who lives in a children’s home, rebels when he finds out he is to be adopted by a priveleged Italian couple, and so, sets off to find his birth mother.”
Eh, why not. Check out stills from the movie and the trailer for it below:
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