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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Salesrank: 12625
Released: March 12, 2002 |
| Our Price: $4.60 |
| Used Price: $0.74 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
It's all fun and games whene two brothers (Paul Walker and Steve Zahn) take off cross-country to bring home a pretty college friend (Leelee Sobieski). But the jokes end when a prank backfires and they find themselves stalked by a vengeful trucker who won't give up his relentless chase until somebody pays with their life.
Description of Joy Ride:
Joy Ride follows the familiar conventions of road-movie thrillers with enough vitality to make everything old seem new again. A confirmed master of neo-noir suspense, director John Dahl (Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) sets a consistent tone of humor and horror as Lewis (Paul Walker) and his black-sheep brother Fuller (Steve Zahn) drive from Salt Lake City to pick up Lewis's friend Venna (Leelee Sobieski) in Boulder, Colorado. En route, they play a practical joke via CB radio, inviting vengeful terror as an unseen trucker (voiced with exquisite menace by Silence of the Lambs villain Ted Levine) pursues them with relentless, homicidal aggression. Inevitable comparisons to Steven Spielberg's Duel fail to appreciate Dahl's unique talent for energizing B-movie formulas while injecting his own brand of rib-tickling excitement. While Zahn deserves extra credit in his first top-billed role, Joy Ride wins a badge of honor for everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon
Joy Ride Reviews:
Joy Ride 
2009-05-26 - I have been looking for this movie both in NZ and Australia so was impressed to find it brand new and good price. Love this movie - scares the begebes out of me!!
GOOD RIDE 
2009-05-07 - ONCE THIS MOVIE GETS STARTED, IT'S WORTH THE WATCH. THEY EVEN GIVE YOU SERVERAL DIFFERANT ENDINGS. IN MY OPINION THE ONE THEY HAD AS THE ENDING WAS THE BEST. LEAVES IT OPEN FOR AN SEQUAL FOR WHICH THEY DID. HAVENN'T SEEN IT YET. BUT I WILL SAY THIS JOY RIDE IS WHAT IT IS. ENTERTAINING AND CREEPY. YOU NEVER GET TO SEE THE VILLIN. I ENJOYED IT AND IM SURE YOU WILL.
Joy Ride DVD 
2009-01-26 - For my first time watching "Joy Ride", starring Paul Walker, Leelee sobieski,and Steve Zahn this action packed thriller kept me on the edge of my seat. This movie is about 2 brothers taveling to new jersey and along the way deciding to pull a prank on a truck driver using a CB radio. One of the brothers posed as a girl and started messing around with the trucker hoping to get a good laugh. What they thought was a practical joke turned out to be completely different and causing the trucker to stalk them and make them run for their lives.
What makes this movie great is how it's not like other movies where you can probably predict what will happen next. "Joy Ride" will keep you guessing. When you think you know what will happen, something completely different occurs. The thrill of this movie how its believeable. People can take jokes too seriously and take it to drastic measures like the trucker,"Rusty Nails", in this movie.
I recommend "Joy Ride" to anyone who loves thrillers! This one will definaltely leave you wanting to see more and keep you guessing. I really enjoy horror/thriller movies and this by far is an amazing movie. I look forward to seeing the sequel to it and im sure you will too.
3 stars out of 4
2009-01-03 - The Bottom Line:
Though the mechanics of Joy Ride's plot probably wouldn't stand up to a great deal of scrutiny, the movie is well-acted and directed and generates a good amount of tension; an effective horror movie, this is a ride worth taking.
A Nice Little Chiller
2008-09-21 - Joy Ride is a good scary movie. What makes the film scary is the lack of a monster, the villain is a real crazy guy who can easily find you.John Dahl makes the film suspenseful with it's dark tone and swift camera angles and the cast all play their roles effectively. I give it *** out of ****.
