Hitching a Ride to Heaven - RIP Rutger Hauer

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75

 

[Slacker]

"The Hitcher" was one of the most intense movie-watching experiences I've ever had. Hauer nailed that role.

 

[OscarMadison]

Hauer nailed every part he was given. Dammit. This brings to mind an older Village Voice New Years top banner line from the eighties: "Lorne Greene is dead and Ronald Reagan is still alive. Why?"

 

[CD Boogie]

Often overlooked performance was in "Surviving the Game" with Ice-T and F. Murray Abraham. That was a film that still sticks with me. I mean, hunting humans. Kind of a great premise for a movie because it's not so far-fetched.

 

[garrow]

Though mostly known for villains, proved he could play heroic in a movie I watch a lot as a kid--"Ladyhawke."

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Hauer was so amazing and captivating in Nighthawks, Blade Runner and The Hitcher as a bad guy that you have to wonder how did his career fizzle out to z-level stuff after just a few years? He’s like an NHL star who went from 15 goals to 50 goals in consecutive years to 10 goals to playing in the ECHL for a decade.

 

[typefitter]

Hauer wrote the "tears in rain" monologue from the end of Blade Runner the night it was shot. That's the sort of singular achievement that alone makes him a giant.

 

[Batman]

Let's not forget this later-years gem.
(NSFW - Language and gore)

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

He was great in Hobo With A Gun.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

He was great in Hobo The Client With A Gun.

 

[Tarheel316]

"The Hitcher" was one of the most intense movie-watching experiences I've ever had. Hauer nailed that role.

He sure did. One of the greatest bad guy portrayals ever.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I loved him in The Client With A Gun.