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Joy Ride (2001) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   19,424 votes
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Director:
John Dahl
Writers (WGA):
Clay Tarver (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 October 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Don't screw with people you don't know (UK) more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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(16 articles)
John Stockwell To Direct Roadkill
 (From EmpireOnline. 28 May 2009, 12:15 AM, PDT)

Producer takes screen Joyride with Ketchum novel
 (From Fangoria. 21 May 2009, 11:25 AM, PDT)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Road Kill (Australia) (New Zealand: English title) (UK)
Candy Cane (USA) (working title)
Highway Horror (USA) (working title)
Joyride (USA) (alternative spelling)
Squelch (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence/terror and language.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Arvin, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Eric Stoltz and Eric Roberts auditioned for the role of "Rusty Nail". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Lewis and Fuller first make contact with Rusty Nail on the CB, as the camera cuts back and forth between Lewis and Fuller in the car, the door lock on Lewis's side of the car is alternately up and down. more
Quotes:
Venna: I'm not going anywhere until somebody tells me why I should be afraid of a radio. more
Movie Connections:
References The Silence of the Lambs (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Anxiety more

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15 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Superior horror thriller fare, 29 May 2004
Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker) is a young man who must head cross-country to bail his deadbeat brother Fuller (Steve Zahn) from the county jail.On the way to meet his girlfriend Venna (Leelee Sibieski),Fuller leads Lewis up the alley and encourages him to use a CV radio he has aquired in order to play a practical joke on a trucker.It is from here that a nightmare ride of mayhem,destruction and death will ensue.

This is quite a pleasant surprise indeed.In what must be his least nauseating,most watchable performance to date,the hardly-master thespian Walker commandeers the lead role with nerve and a quirky humour.The supporting cast are excellent too,and are well served by a tense,tightly written script that throws in the appropriate lashings of suspense as well as side portions of pathos and black humour that keeps the boat flowing nicely.It's a suspense thriller in the vein of the similarly themed Duel and,like that movie,has moments that are genuinely terrifying and which accomplish the movie's task perfectly.****

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