| | Joy Ride DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Mystery DVDs, Suspense Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Horror, Thriller, Live-Action, Brothers, Road Trips | | Starring | Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Basil Wallace, Jessica Bowman, Stuart Stone | | Director | John Dahl | | Composer | Marco Beltrami | | Director of Photography | Jeffrey Jur | | Producer | Arnon Milchan, Patrick Markey, Chris Moore | | Screenwriter | Jeffrey Abrams, Clay Tarver |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Sensor Matic Director John Dahl knows his way around a thriller as few contemporary filmmakers do. He revitalized the film noir with his darkly witty films, RED ROCK WEST and THE LAST SEDUCTION. With JOY RIDE, Dahl streamlines the plot and ratchets up the tension. Two brothers, Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn) are driving home cross-country. Fuller bullies Lewis into using the CB radio ("Prehistoric internet," Fuller calls it) to play a mean-spirited practical joke on a trucker, and it backfires horribly. The psychotic trucker comes after them, but they get away. Foolishly thinking they're out of danger, they pick up Venna (Leelee Sobieski), the girl Lewis has been pining for, on the way home. The mysterious trucker, who they know only by his CB handle, "Rusty Nail," goes further than they could ever imagine to exact his revenge. Zahn is pitch-perfect here, capturing both Fuller's charm and his stupid recklessness. Dahl builds the suspense beautifully, creating a real sense of being out on the highway in the middle of nowhere. The script, by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, brings three strong characters to life with sharp, funny dialogue, fleshing out the bare bones of the plot. Joy Ride Reviews: "...Sobieski is lovely and self-reliant as the love interest..."
-- Andrew Lewis Conn, Film Comment "...[A] hot-wired, white-knuckle thriller....Walker registers a personable impression here and fully convinces....Sobieski once again demonstrates her canny instincts for acting naturally and persuasively..."
-- Robert Koehler, Variety "...[Zahn is] likable as the fun-loving screw-up....[Sobieski] reveals an interesting toughness..."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, Box Office "...JOY RIDE is stylized and referential without being arch or secondhand....It's also surprisingly funny..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...This is one of the smartest, most enjoyable youngsters-stalked-by-lunatic thrillers in years....[It] also scores big by delivering laughs..."
-- Dorian Lynskey, Total Film "...Dahl's neo-noir sensibilities lend a stylish sheen to this pulpy suspense thriller..."
-- Matthew Leyland, Sight and Sound Joy Ride | List Price | $9.98 (You save $3.43) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 2001 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  17290  | | CD Universe Part number | 6771759 | | Catalog number | 2003627 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 12, 2002 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | violence/terror and language | | Also Known As | Roadkill | | Running Time | 96 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Special Edition; Widescreen; Sensormatic |
Joy Ride Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Excellent Thriller
The movie is somewhat slow at the very beginning but once you get about 45 minutes into the movie, it keeps you on the edge of your seat right to the very end. Excellent movie. I highly reccomend this one.
Submitted by abenrn (Chicago, Illinois) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Good suspensfull film
Good film here with a simple but great plot and great acting. Suspensfull and shows you that you shouldn't lie to people and mess around, especially psycho truckers. Some moments in this film really scared me. Especially when I thought that guy was going to get hit in the head with a lead pipe in the gas station.
Submitted by Joey 34 (Sydney Australia)
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 GREAT MOViE
gr8 movie. every1 should watch. filled with suspense. kept me on the edge of my seat...is there a joy ride 2? i hope so cause it sure left me wonderin!!
WATCH iT
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This was a great movie! It was action packed, suspensful, and extremely interesting. I very much enjoyed this one. It is definitely worth watching!
Submitted by Matt (Texas)
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This review is for a different format.  Yawn, what a bore...
Boring, easily predictable, the acting was ok, but plot was a bit blah... same ol same ol...
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Joy Ride DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Special Edition
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending: (4)
Behind the Scenes: Making of JOY RIDE
Audio Commentary:
1. Leelee Sobieski - Star
2. Steven Zahn - Star
3. John Dahl - Director
4. Clay Tarver - Screenwriter
5. J.J. Adams - Screenwriter
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