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"Joy Ride" DVD
This taut thriller stars Paul Walker, Leelee
Sobieski, and Steve Zahn. Lewis (Walker) is a college student who makes a cross-country
automobile trip, picking up his brother Fuller (Zahn) and his friend Venna (Sobieski)
along the way. They pull a prank on a truck driver who calls himself Rusty Nail,
but things go awry and a motel occupant is severely beaten as a result. It's not
long before Lewis, Venna, and Fuller hear Rusty Nail on their CB radio and realize
that he is after them. Much of the rest of the movie revolves around a series
of hair-raising incidents where the psychotic trucker uses his huge tractor-trailer
rig to try to run down the three young people. Although "Joy Ride" has
a few funny moments, it's basically an unusually well-crafted thriller with a
B-movie sensibility. "Joy Ride" is an entertaining film with charismatic
stars; however, I found that the last third of the film went so over the top the
story lost all credibility with me. But even though I stopped buying into what
was happening on screen, I still kept watching, perhaps out of sheer morbid fascination.
Overall, the film delivered enough of an adrenaline rush and campy fun I still
recommend "Joy Ride," but only if you are in the mood for a popcorn
movie that's flawed but fun. Selected DVD Features - Audio
Commentary by Director John Dahl
- Audio Commentary by Writers J.J. Abrams
and Clay Tarver
- Audio Commentary by Actors Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski
- Deleted
Scene and Four Alternate Endings
- Voice Auditions for Rusty Nail
- Making-Of
Featurette
- Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Format
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