December 19, 2009
Riding the Bullet was Stephen Kings "depressed phase" work I assume. lol
Jonathan Jackson,
David Arquette,
Cliff Robertson,
Barbara Hershey,
Erika Christensen
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A young man who has flirted with death is forced to come to terms with mortality in this tale of terror based on a story by Stephen King. Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson) is a college student studying a... read more
DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005
Stats: 370 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (370)
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July 27, 2009I liked this Stephen King adaptation of his short story taken from 'Everything's Eventual', the author's most recent collection. Mick Garris ('The Stand', 'The Shining (TV)') has not strayed too far from the path with this macabre tale of a hitchhiker who is offered rides from a ... read more
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April 18, 2009Adapting Stephen King's internet released novel shows that anything King will be adapted. Riding the Bullet is a bit like The Dead Zone, in that it has a very episodic narrative. Jackson goes hitchhikes from car to car, with each driver being weird and creepy. Each driver also ma... read more
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February 3, 2007Just watched it for the second time and remembered exactly how much I loved this movie. It's a kind of different take on death with a dark edge to it. Can't say I'm a King fan - book wise, but this movie definitely enticed me to pick up one of his books sometime.
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January 1, 2007Somebody stop Mick Garris before he directs again! It doesn't help that this was a lame-ass story to begin with, but Garris' direction only serves to make it worse.
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December 9, 2010I am so glad I did not pay to see this, however I'm still annoyed off that I wasted 2hrs of my night. There should be a law against making such crap
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October 4, 2008The director obviously took a lot of liberties with the original King story. As a film on its own, I thought it was wandering, cheesy, and just generally mediocre, if not flat out bad.
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February 28, 2011This movie is basicly a man's journey hitchhiking to see hi mom that is in the hospital. I liked the movie but it sure did take a while to get to the meat of things. Although it is a horror film i actually felt really sorry for Alan and how much sorrow was in his life. This wasn'... read more
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February 2, 2011B.A.D. acting. Terrible plot (from what plot there is). The story is so slow that you wish that things would happen now verses 15 minutes later. The characters are so twisted and stoned it's hard to tell where any of them are going, besides talking death.
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May 18, 2010Not bad for a TV movie. The plot got a little choppy for me...but pretty-not-bad-okay-ish. My allegance to Jonathan Jackson has lasted from Camp Nowhere to Riding the Bullet...that's pretty solid.
Critic Reviews
October 21, 2004
Justin Chang, Variety
October 20, 2004
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
The movie is so glum and flat-footed there's no reason to care. Full Review
October 19, 2004
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Both the anticipation factor and writer-director Mick Garris' slick adaptation fail to live up to the old hype.
October 14, 2004
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
A better name for the film would be Taking the Bullet, because that's what sitting through this dopey, pretentious mess feels like. Full Review
October 14, 2004
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News
It's a navel-gazing meditation on death smothered under excess and ham-handed direction, better suited for late-night cable. Full Review
March 28, 2005
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
As obras de Stephen King já renderam alguns ótimos filmes, mas também muitos péssimos. Infelizmente, Riding the Bullet se encaixa nesta última categoria.
February 3, 2005
Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
Imagine 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. Full Review
October 15, 2004
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
An incoherent melange of horror movie gimmicks that's genuinely laughable when it strives for profundity. It induces more tedium than terror. Full Review
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