Hitch-Hike (aka Autostop Rosso Sangue) (1977) ***1/2

Hitch-Hike (aka Autostop Rosso Sangue) (1977) is the Italian answer to Sam Peckinpah, pulling elements from both Straw Dogs (1971) and Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) to present its own nihilistic take on violence, greed, misogyny, masculinity, and marriage—a down and dirty crime/road movie with a fantastic trio of lead actors and a frantic score by maestro Morricone.