Joy Ride

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Summary: GREAT, GREAT THRILLER!...
Review: This movie will leave you holding your breath and getting goose bumps! It's really great...me & my husband really enjoyed it. Haven't seen a good thriller like this in a while! WATCH IT!
Can't wait for Joy Ride II ! Oh...and how many people agree with this: Leelee Sobieski looks & sounds like she HAS to be Helen Hunt's daughter!!??

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Summary: Joy Ride is one hell of a thrill ride to watch
Review: Joy Ride is one hell of a thrill ride to watch. This movie is a great movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Paul Walker (Varsity Blues, The Fast And The Furious) gives another great performance as Lewis. The rest of the cast including Leelee Sobieski (Deep Impact, Never Been Kissed) also gives a good performance as Veena, and Steve Zahn (The Object of My Affection) brings some great unexpected laughs to this movie as Fuller. Now Lewis and Fuller are brothers and Lewis is traveling cross-country to pick up his girlfriend Venna but after Fuller gets out of jail Lewis decides to pick him up on the way. The two play a prank on the CB radio fooling a Trucker man in to thinking Lewis is a girl who goes by Candycane. They set up a meeting at a motel for the guy but when the girl knows as Candycane does not show up all hell breaks loose. This guy and his Big Rig soon end up chasing these 3 down and refuses to give up. I will not say any more other than this is a great movie that just keeps you wondering and on the edge of your seat. Most of the guys will like this movie cause it's not a chick flick, it's just a great film that rocks. Check out JOY RIDE cause it is one hell of a great movie ride.

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Summary: Best horror thriller in ages
Review: 'Joy Ride', a devilishly clever horror thriller, is best movie of its kind since 'Jeepers Creepers'; in fact, it's better. While it can be described as a blend of 'Halloween' and 'Duel', it stands on its own as an original work. Director John Dahl is an accomplished master of 'B' movies, a category in which one almost never wins awards. That's okay, especially when you compare him to some of the hack directors working on 'A' list films.

Lewis [Paul Walker], a decent kid, has offered to pick up his friend Venna [Leelee Sobieski], who's in college in Boulder, CO, and drive her home. On the way, he picks up his nothing-but-trouble brother, Fuller [Steve Zahn]. To show his appreciation, Fuller buys a CB radio and convinces Lewis to play a prank on big rig truckers by pretending to be a hot chick looking for some action. When a trucker named Rusty Nail falls for the trick, they send him to a motel room while they listen in in the next room. But things go wrong - horribly, murderously wrong.

The movie works because the script is good and because the director really knows how to set up a scene in order to scare the daylights out of the viewer. If you haven't had your 'edge of your seat' fix lately, here you go.

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Summary: What a Ride
Review: This was a fast moving moving..it left you breathless..and at certain times had you gripping your seat...This was a very good movie...LeeLee Sobieski finally had a role that fit her..This was great with the guys running from a crazy truck driver...it will make you think twice about pulling a stunt like that..It is a 4 star movie without a doubt..The dvd is great..4 different endings to view...If you like thrillers..This is a movie to get for your dvd collection...

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Summary: edge-of-your-seat frenzy
Review: Joy Ride is a surprisingly good little flick. It's about a straight-laced Berkeley student named Lewis (Paul Walker, The Fast and the Furious) who has a crush on a girl from his New Jersey hometown. Lewis buys a used car to pick up Venna (Leelee Sobieski, Here on Earth) in Boulder, hoping the two will bond during the cross-country drive. But right before he leaves, Lewis finds out his older brother Fuller (Steve Zahn, Saving Silverman) has just been busted for a DUI in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is on the way to Boulder, so Lewis bails Fuller out and agrees to drive him as far as Denver.

Grateful for the bail and ride, Fuller buys Lewis a CB radio so the two can monitor police activity as they speed through the dusty west. Saying the CB is like "a prehistoric internet," the bored Fuller talks his brother into impersonating a woman to lure a desperate-sounding trucker with the handle "Rusty Nail" to a hotel room with the promise of a good time. The boys stay in the room next-door and listen like a couple of giggling schoolgirls before falling asleep.

They awaken to a grisly scene in the next room and shortly thereafter find out Rusty Nail (voiced by Matthew Kimbrough) knows who they are and is hell-bent on revenge. Dahl expertly ratchets up the tension into an edge-of-your-seat frenzy that only gets the slightest bit silly when Rusty Nail's truck is trying to run them down (it's too much like Christine, Jeepers Creepers or that dopey Metallica video). Dahl never shows us what Rusty Nail looks like, which helps to make the story all the more disturbing. Very good movie. DVD is pretty good, has many extra features and has nice sound and picture.

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Summary: great movie AND GREAT DVD EXCEPT FOR ONE THING
Review: This is a very good suspensful movie that relies more on the pychological impact of the story then on blood and gore, there is very lttle and its done in good taste. I missed this movie when it was in theathers last october and almost just rented it, Am glad I didn't rent it because I would have lost three bucks that i could have applied to the purchase. The dvd has three commentrie tracks one with the directior John Dahl, one with Steve Zahn and Lelee Sobersiski and one with two of the writers of the script, a trailer, a short featurette and 4 altrente endings including a nearly thirty minute one and a extened scene that shows zahn and sobersiski kissing in the motel. Now the only bad thing I have to say is fox why so such bad sound and picture on the extra scene and ending, It is really bad for a dvd and would be considered bad for a vhs even. But, still buy this thrill ride of a movie, you won't be dispointed in it.

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Summary: packs a punch
Review: As a thriller, this is a great film -- no lull in the plot and no really bad acting or writing. The DVD has some very nice bonus stuff such as alternate endings and such. Worth the price. Steve Zahn is amazing.

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Summary: Joy Ride is a fun scary ride
Review: Joy Ride is a great thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock, DePalma, Carpenter, et al that's well written and well directed. I was not familiar with the actors and immediately found them to be truly believable and engaging. There are several great surprises in the plot and I was riveted to my seat. I can't speak more highly about his movie. I've seen other movies by this director (Dahl)and enjoyed them -- he delivered to my greatest satisfaction--and I'm usually very hard to please. The DVD is especially great because of the three separate commentaries and additional endings for the film. There are also some fun features for "Rusty Nail". After I rented this movie I went out and bought a copy for my collection.
Highly recommended!

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Summary: Buckle Your Seatbelts For A Ride!!
Review: I have to say right off the bat that I was so incredibly surprised with this nail biter after watching it. I knew it was getting rave reviews, and it looked good, but I still wasn't so sure. I'm glad I gave it a try. Go into this film thinking of such other movies as "Duel" and "The Hitcher", but only more suspenseful. Two guys on a road trip(played by Paul Walker and the always reliable Steve Zahn)are driving from Salt Lake City to pick up Walker's girlfriend Venna(played by the mighty fetching Leelee Sobieski)in Colorado. On their way there, the guys play a prank on their CB radio. A gruff sounding trucker responds calling himself 'Rusty Nail'.Well, the guys' joke on the trucker backfires and it comes back to bite them in the [behind]. It seems the trucker doesn't like to be fooled. He goes about stalking and terrifying the guys(and later Leelee after they pick her up)on the road. The nasty voice of the trucker might sound familiar. It's supplied by Ted Levine. He played the serial killer in "The Silence Of The Lambs". It's not him, however, when you see the trucker. Our three leads are all pretty exceptional. The best is Zahn, as usual. He delivers some solid comedic relief to the proceedings. Sobieski does well with what she has, but isn't given much of a role. Walker is pretty decent as well. The film was directed by John Dahl, who also directed "Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction". The film is shot very nicely and well scripted. Not a gore movie at all. It goes for the tension. The suspense. Thank God. There are a few scenes that are just full out heart pounding. I can only imagine if I saw it in the theater. The DVD comes with 4 different endings to the movie. All of them are good and any one of them would of been satisfying if they were used. "Joy Ride" isn't going to change the world folks. Far from it. It's sheer fun and entertainment that is meant to entertain and satisfy like a box of popcorn. The movie succeeds in all areas. If your in the mood for a wild and entertaining ride, then I suggest you get cozy in your chair and pop this move in. Prepare yourself for a real 'joy ride'.

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Summary: It lives up to its name.
Review: Two brothers (Steve Zahn and Paul Walker) on the road incur the wrath of a psycho truck driver, who proceeds to play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with them. Superb thriller is a surprise gem, complete with high-octane suspense and scares. The initially subdued and creepy set-up builds nicely to the last half-hour, a terrifying knockout. Kudos to Steve Zahn for a wonderful performance (he also has good chemistry with Paul Walker) and to John Dahl's taut direction. The film may be a little too elaborate at times with a couple of illogical moments, but you'll be too enthralled to care. Enthusiastically recommended.