There is a kind of horror movie that plays so convincingly we dont realize its an exercise in pure style. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. Joy ride is a 2001 american road horror thriller film directed by john dahl and written by j. Joy ride lone star motel room 17 scene movie scenes. One particular horror movie that we dont really hear too much about anymore is 2001 s joy ride. Joy ride, a 2001 film with steve zahn, paul walker and leelee sobieski joy ride 2. With steve zahn, paul walker, leelee sobieski, jessica bowman. But lewis romantic hopes hit a detour when he stops on the way to rescue his older brother, fuller steve zahn, who goads him into playing a practical joke on a lonely trucker, over a cb radio. Joy ride, 1976 album by the dramatics joy ride, a 2004 song by dave. Joy ride collection changes the movie database tmdb. Starring steve zahn, paul walker, leelee sobieski, jessica bowman. Halloween is an example, and john dahls joy ride is another.
Leelee sobieski and jessica bowman in joy ride 2001. A road movie thriller film series about escaping the wrath of a psychotic truck driver. Joy ride is a 2001 horror film written and produced by j. Joy ride appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2. Joy ride 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dead ahead 2008 opens with rusty nail murdering a truckstop prostitute in a manner that would clearly serve as. The obvious sequel to joy ride 2001 and joy ride 2 2008. Its summer break and college freshman lewis thomas paul walker has decided to embark on a crosscountry road trip to pick up the girl of his dreams, venna leelee sobieski.
The film is about lewis paul walker, a college coed who decides to buy himself a car and take off across the desert to pick up a wouldbegirlfriend, venna leelee sobieski in colorado for a road trip together. Starring paul walker and steve zahn, the film tells the story of a pair of brothers and their. You are browsing the website, which contains photos and videos of nude celebrities. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. The joy ride sequels are as bad as youd imagine film. Joy ride collezione radio killer collezione m mrburns. Fortunately, \joy ride\ takes a familiar premise and competently executes it. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions.
I say kind of because 2001s joy ride failed to find profit in theaters having earned back just a little more than its budget. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. After forays into film noir, thrillers, dramas, and even documentaries, director john dahl tries the teen horror genre on for size. Its packed with a good cast, topnotch miseenscene, and a trio of pretty. Top 7 funniest high people on anesthesia reactions compilation. Paul walker, steve zahn, leelee sobieski, jessica bowman, stuart stone, basil wallace, ted levine writer. Though a few concerns popped up, as a whole the movie presented a satisfying picture. This film owes its great idea from steven spielbergs classic first film duel, but this is. Also, lewis clearly makes a heroic effort in the climax of the movie to save both fuller and vennas life.
What kind of car did they drive in the movie joy ride. I will include that film on my next trip in 2019 as a must for the remote locations. The original half hour finale, which picks up from the well publicized naked diner scene, is a fairly lackluster affair apart from one nice jolt, focusing too much on brotherly bonding and. Dead ahead was released in october 2008 by 20th century fox. Roadkill starring kirsten prout in this horror on directv. Joy ride the 2001 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Joy ride on horror watch on sky 317 virgin 149 freeview 70. China might starting using coronavirus vaccines this year, even if trials havent been completed. Abrams and starring steve zahn, paul walker, and leelee sobieski. Joy ride also known as roadkill in the uk and australia is a 2001 american road horror thriller film directed by john dahl and written by j. Joy ride 3 2014 interview with ken kirzinger rusty. Joy ride is a 2001 horror thriller i remember the network fx liked to air quite a bit for a period. Both films have an evil, marauding predator who just keeps on coming, no matter what, and always seems to know what the victims will do next.
Joy ride is an extremely entertaining roadset horrorthriller that was surprisingly quite good. You can argue the characters are uninteresting, underdeveloped and in the case of leelee sobieski underused to such an extent that you could be forgiven for thinking that she was cast due to her passing resemblance with adult actress avy scott. October 5, 2001 thriller during summer break, college freshman lewis walker drives across the country to pick up venna sobieski, the girl of his dreams. Despite these positive aspects, joy ride contains much foul language, including crude sexual references. Joy ride adds the detail that we never see the villain. Joy ride, which costars matthew kimbrough, was produced under the working title after forays into film noir, thrillers, dramas, and even documentaries, director john dahl tries the teen horror.
Its summer break and college freshman lewis thomas paul walker has decided to embark on a crosscountry road trip to pick up the girl of his dreams, venna. Somehow, i almost always ended up watching it so i finally bit the bullet and bought the movie myself. Joy ride is a 2001 american horror thriller film directed by john dahl and written by j. Find release information for joy ride 2001 john dahl on allmovie. But in the year 2001, can we call anything original anymore.
There are also a couple gruesome scenes of violence. Finally, the villain escapes ultimate justice, thereby making way for joy ride 2. The film is filled with all sorts of suspenseful scenes and accompanying music and a few jump scenes as a vindictive, but anonymous trucker terrorizes a small group of people, and includes various violent moments with some bloody results, although most of the worst material occurs off camera. Rusty nail encounters street racers on a desolate stretch of road, and he tortures and teases them until the end of the road. Heres a consumer tip for anyone whos comparison shopping for a spooky road movie. The film has some excellent shocks throughout the movie, and all of the thrilling sequences are very. 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. Three friends use their cars cb radio play a prank on a lonely trucker, but soon find themselves stalked. Giacco a forgettable, predictable and uninspired thriller with dull stereotypical characters and twists you see coming from miles away no pun intended. While it went through several titles, the film was shelved long after completion while dahl and company tackled the film s troublesome final act. Joy ride was well received by critics, and currently has an impressive fresh score of 74% on rotten tomatoes.