While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim succeeds to throw him out of the car on the road. On the next morning, the young couple sees John in another car.
| Production | Michael Bay | Producer |
| Editing | Jim May | Editor |
| Sound | Steve Jablonsky | Music |
| Directing | Dave Meyers | Director |
| Writing | Eric Red | Screenplay |
| Production | Andrew Form | Producer |
| Production | Bradley Fuller | Producer |
| Camera | James Hawkinson | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jake Wade Wall | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Angie Jones | Animation |
