Joy Ride (2001)

Too much of everything

People are voting emotionally.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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. Joy Ride does go into familiar territory at times with it's story and has some horror cliches i won't doubt that but there's some great suspense moments, Zhan and Walker are really great and the overall film is nicely crafted it's no masterpiece but it's a well made horror film. (7.5/10)

Bar none, the best road movie since The Hitcher, Joyride, better known as Roadkill see two brothers make the fatal mistake of pranking a hitchhiker, Walker, believably masquerading as a woman, faking a voice, shows another side to his talents. I must say I was impressed, and he doesn't do a bad job, convincingly dramatic in bits. He's hounded by his older, troubled, and immature brother, Fuller (Zahn, a great comedic asset to the movie) who keeps landing in the nick. This time, even he knows he gone too far, this prank may'be costing him the rest of his life. The psychotic trucker, who goes by the name of Rusty Nail, ends up basically playing a relentless stalking game, showing them, the much fatal error of their ways, after pranking them with a sexual rendezvous at this motel, the brothers stay at overnight. When you think about it, the brothers must of been pretty dumb to leave the c.b. in sight where Rusty Nail would of seen it, and added up the dots, although they weren't expecting him to be a nut, even though, he weirded out Walker in bits earlier, and he's quick, like a pussy, to ring the manager, when they hear a ruckus nextdoor, with Walker's character, looking worried or tense, even before that. while big brother is laughing his arse off. This movie than runs high on a good flow of suspense, and a bit of disturbing violence, has been well crafted, successfully terrifying viewer, with a great plot. Rusty Nail's intentions so clear, like Max Cady, he's gonna keep tormenting these people, where in 2002, I myself, dealt, with a similar situation, but on a much smaller scale. The performances are good, yes even Walker, Rusty Nail's voice, of course that of Ted 'Silence Of The Lambs', who also worked with Walker, in the first Fast And Furious, which Levine fits those terms definitely. The climax is intoxicatingly suspenseful, it's most richest, as if we've had so much tension and suspense already. The twist of ending reinforces the tragic error, their prank has cost them, where there's a message there too. A road movie better than you expect, and Dahl throws some nice shots in, one close up in slow motion, favouring girlfriend, Sobieski's goods. Her collegiate roommate, Bowman, mesmerizingly hot. Don't overlook it.

This is one of the films which I must have caught on television a few times but not had the chance to sit down and watch it all the way through.Unlike your usual teen horror movie, it actually has moments which are surprising and make your heart beat faster. It has a plausible storyline, not total mundane made up madness like other teen horror movies.This instills the message - don't talk to strangers! You don't know who the hell you might be dealing with.I like the actress and there were a few moments of comedy. The music helped create tension.Unlike other movies where I watch once and that's it, I would like to watch this again. It has a rather timeless quality.

"Joy Ride" is a thriller movie in which three teenagers talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.This movie is not something awesome but it is a movie that if you have spare time and you do not want to watch a movie which is complicate or something like that, then you have to see this movie. It's a movie that you will have much of suspense and is a thriller which is not so bad.The only interpretation that is worth in this movie is Paul Walker's who plays really great. Steve Zahn really tries to give us a nice interpretation but he does not do it right.