Joy Ride [Blu-ray]

2001’s Joy Ride is up there with the 1997 film Breakdown but not quite as good.Without spoiling too much of the plot, it’s a suspenseful movie but the lull in the middle will prevent me from giving it 5 Stars.

One day I woke up and I was just in the mood to Watch Joy Ride. I have Direct TV with DVR so most of the time If I want to watch or Record something I can just Search it. On that day it was Non excitant, Couldn't find it went on Xbox NOPE NOTHING... As Far as the Digital copy No service had it so My last resort was to search it on Amazon and I was in Luck as they had a Digital copy I could stream.

loved this movie great to see paul walker in it good scares

Arrived quickly and in great condition. recommend highly!

I've watched this movie so many times. However I think it's that good.

There's something to be said of the buddy road movie genre. When they're done well they can be pure, cinematic magic. Think of films like Thelma and Louise, Terrence Malick's Badlands, National Lampoon's Vacation, Vanishing Point, and even Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. What they all share in common is precise casting, clever script development, and enough substantial character development to make you really give a damn about who these people are. In Joy Ride, the two very attractive male leads (Paul Walker and Steve Zahn) play brothers who are terrorized on the road by a maniacal psychopath--with the clever CB handle of "Rusty Nail". And why are they terrorized? Because Zahn talks the more subdued Walker into playing a trick on Rusty Nail by impersonating a woman over the CB. So the prank turns into pure, and terrifying mayhem when Rusty Nail, whom is never shown discovers he's been played. What works very well in this film is the very believable interaction between the two brothers. Zahn plays the immature but likeable counterpart to Walker's more sartorial character. Zahn is the Joker to Walker's Jack--both prone to outlandish behavior because it's just a part of their brotherly bond. The evil in the film is more of the manufactured variety since the viewer never "sees" Rusty Nail. We only hear his deep, dark voice talking over the airwaves. Even when the film cuts to the big rig that he's driving we never see him through the windows. So the viewer is left imagining what this guy looks like. Is he hideously deformed? Does he look like Frankenstein on steroids? Or is he simply a twisted, human being? It all depends on your perspective of the genre. Joy Ride represents a type of terror that is firmly rooted in the real world--the world of homicidal road rage incidents, random mass murder, and dysfunctional people doing mayhem that ends up on the 6 o'clock news. That's the magic of this film, and the notion that the real world makes better film fodder than any made-up movie monster.

Extended Version! Director's Cut! I love to see movies how the director meant it to be. This movie is psychological to the core. The tormenting or call it harassment, this movie dives into that genre to get the point of the movie across to the viewer. It's worth seeing if you're into psychological/subtle horror that JOY RIDE gives.

Joy Ride is a 2001 horror thriller I remember the network FX liked to air quite a bit for a period. Somehow, I almost always ended up watching it so I finally bit the bullet and bought the movie myself.Joyride follows two brothers (one being played by Steve Zahn who has been starring as the father in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies recently), neither having spoken or seen the other for five years, as they travel across the country to meet up with one's female friend. Along the way, the brothers get to messing with their car's CB radio and play a prank on a trucker named Rusty Nails, leading him to believe he's chatting with a woman with the handle "Candy Cane" who wants to meet him at a local motel. Things quickly go downhill from there as the trucker (somehow) learns exactly who they are and what car their in based solely on the fact the brothers admit it was a prank to him.Similar to Duel, Rusty stalks the brothers and their friend throughout the movie trying to exact his revenge.I think Joyride, though more or less straightforward and simple, is one of the more underrated horror movies that came out around this period. It wasn't another typical "teenager slasher" movie or the like that was seemingly extraordinarily popular during this time.One issue I had was the subplot of Venna's friend and roommate, Charlotte (who was played by Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman alumni Jessica Bowman). The character appears in the movie for a total of maybe three minutes and two scenes and the movie wouldn't have missed much without her as a plotpoint as far as I'm concerned.Otherwise Joyride is an entertaining movie, especially if you're in a mood just for a simple movie.

Watched this film many years ago... and although it is scary, it was a great film to watch, full of Suspense just how a film should be. I had been looking for this on DVD for years and I thought i found it a while back, but turned out to be the wrong DVD..lol Anyway I came across this film and was delighted to see a Roadkill 2 & 3 as well, I haven't watched this film again as yet just been so busy, but i plan too very soon. I brought Roadkill 2 as well, so will probably watch them on two separate nights.. i will get Roadkill 3 too....im not a great lover of films like this but i did enjoy watching this film... i think it was because i used to be a CB user many years ago.. shhhh cant give too much away... watch the film you'll find out... have pop corn ready, and your cushion..LOLOL ( to hide your face on the scary bits).... Enjoy!....

This film owes its great idea from Steven Spielberg's classic first film Duel, but this is a very entertaining thriller. Two brothers (Steve Zahn and Paul Walker) prank a truck driver, by putting on a female voice over the car radio and pretending to be his date. The truck driver discovers this is a joke and what happens next is definitely a Joy Ride as the truck driver chases them through the American desert. Mind games, tense situations and lots of suspense follow. Zahn does not normally star in films like these, but he provides a much needed bit of light humour in places and does an excellent acting job particularly in the really tense scenes. Walker was well cast as the sensible brother. Leelee Sobieski's best acting can be found here as Walker's adorable love interest getting caught up in it all. If you love psychological thrillers and road movies you'll love this film.

I forgot how great this film was! Such a little gem of a horror thriller film.

First film goodSequel are not for me

Its a great feature length film, the only complaint i have is that there was a scratch on it, about an inch, had to have that sorted