Joy Ride

2001 "It started as a joke. Now the joke is on them."
6.6| 1h37m| R| en| More Info
Released: 05 October 2001 Released
Producted By: Regency Enterprises
Country: United States of America
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Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

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Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
mattkratz This movie is a good updated version of Duel. A guy springs his brother from jail and is on his way to pick up his female friend when they pull a trick on a trucker with the handle "Rusty Nail." They make him think he's meeting a woman named "Candy Cane" (the handle they use) at a motel. Unfortunately, the trucker turns out to be a bit "off his rocker" and turns the tables on them and follows them all over the highways with some "tricks" of his own.My favorite scenes are where Rusty Nail calls them at the hotel, where he drives them off the road, the scene at the diner, and the tense motel scene at the end. This was a good, tense action movie with a good vocal performance by the actor as Rusty Nail.*** out of ****
Davis P Joy Ride (2001) is a very intense suspenseful film starring Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, and Leelee Sobieski. The cast is very good, I think all three of the stars were very good picks for their roles and they nailed their performances. In the beginning, Steve's character is extremely irritating, but as the movie progresses, he grows on you and as in all movies of this kind, the terror makes him a more likable person. Walker is very lovable all the way through, and Sobieski plays her role in a likable way too, you'll be pulling for these college age kids the entire way while a crazy truck driver terrorizes them to the breaking point. The thriller aspect of the movie is done very well, there is suspense galore throughout, especially towards the end. The writing is pretty good for the most part, the writing elevates the tension between these guys who played a practical joke gone horribly wrong and the psychotic driver. Overall, I'd say that Joy Ride is a fun thriller that I'd recommend. 8/10.
lojitsu A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."Joy Ride" (R - 2001 - US)Sub-Genre: Stalker/ThrillerMy Score: 7.6Cast=7 Acting=7 Plot=6 Ending=9 Story=8 Scare=8 Jump=5 F/X=8 Stalker=10 Thrill=8Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer. "Now they know what it feels like to be the butt-end of the joke. Your palms sweating, your face burning up. Now they know what it's like to be the f***ing punch line." No it's not the rubber duck that's after them...it's NUSTY NAIL!! I love the antagonist...he's right up there with "Wolf Creek" or "The Hitcher". It doesn't quite live up to those, but it's a solid movie. If you want to see Paul Walker before he got fast and furious (RIP Paul), you should check this out!!
Leofwine_draca A huge disappointment, especially considering the excellent trailer which advertised this movie (turns out the trailer just about gave everything away!). I was expecting a tight, suspenseful chase flick with plenty of violence and bloodshed. What did I get? An edgy, middle-of-the-road, "teen" thriller complete with dumb humour, dumber situations, totally implausible scenarios (just what was up with that dumb-as-nails ending?) and many, many scenes ripped of from previous, better fare like DUEL, THE HITCHER, and BREAKDOWN.The main problem this film has is that its geared too firmly towards the "teen" market, so the plot is dumbed down, the situations overplayed and unrealistic, the humour out of place and irritating. The young characters are bland and one-dimensional, so that action man Paul Walker doesn't have a chance to make his lead anything other than a crashing bore. Steve Zahn fares a little better, injecting some life and spirit into his role as the mischievous brother, but Leelee Sobieski is generally appalling. The best actor? Ted Levine, playing the voice of trucker "Rusty Nail".Not much of this film is surprising, just contrived. Director John Dahl aims for suspense but is hindered by plot cliché after cliché, most of them liable to make you either groan or laugh. There are a couple of novel situations along the way, but not enough, and come the routine climax I could barely be bothered to continue watching. What's the point of spending money on a new movie when the end result is just a concoction of the 'best bits' of previous films, warmed up and lacking originality, depth or excitement? None, which is why I fail to rate ROADKILL as a worthwhile watch.