“ Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is easily one of most unoriginal hack jobs I’ve ever seen. When I got this in to review, I knew there was a Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead and looking at my collection, actually received it from Fox and yet I could not recall a single thing about it until I reread my old review (published in 2008) and only then did I remember the particulars and at the end of the review I stated:
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As far as Ken Kirzinger goes, he’s not bad as Rusty though, and this was the issue I had with Joy Ride 2 (more in the next paragraph), when you get to see him, the character loses all suspense, compare that with the first film and our general impression came almost solely from his voice (by none other than Buffalo Bill, Ted Levine). Rusty Nail’s victims are cardboard cutouts, interchangeable from any of the others in the variety of thinly plotted horror/slasher flicks although admittedly Kirsten Prout, for her limited role, isn’t all bad and Jesse Hutch might make for a decent lead if he hones his acting skills and/or gets a better script to work with.
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The acting in this is pretty passable, though none of them really stand out. That’s the plot in a nutshell with Rusty Nail taking on supernatural powers being in multiple places at the same time and, in most predictable fashion as has been done in numerous horror films before it, a climax where he takes on a Jason-like persona of being indestructible. So, Austin driving the racing car is driving fast testing the car out when they encounter Rusty’s truck, they cut him off and through a chase on this long stretch of road, made Rusty jackknife his truck and rather than stopping to help (a bright idea suggested by Jewel), they keep going hoping to outrun the trucker who taunts them over the radio after he gets the car’s plate from his dash cam and manages to find the racer’s website with all their names and bios. They are headed to Canada for the Road Rally 1000 but unfortunately for them, the quickest way is through Route 17 also known as Slaughter Alley aka Rusty Nail’s hunting ground though the local sheriff isn’t buying the deaths as anything more than animal attacks and whatnot.
#Joy ride 3 movie driver
In any case, as I mentioned before we get a group of six street racers and crew this go around: driver Jordan Wells (JESSE HUTCH), his girlfriend Jewel (KIRSTEN PROUT), best friend and mechanic Austin (GIANPAOLO VENUTA), Alisa (LEELA SAVASTA) and a couple of lackeys we couldn’t care less about in Mickey (BENJAMIN HOLLINGSWORTH) and Bobby (JAKE MANLEY). He proceeds to create an elaborate system which, eh screw it, it’s the opening and they needed some nudity (for the girl), an intro to Rusty and some blood and body parts. Of course, Rusty is no dummy, and as we find out in this flick, a bit on the supernatural side also, and he easily gets the upper hand. When the film opens, we meet meth head couple who, in need of money and/or a quick fix, radios out to truckers for a good time and upon his arrival, the guy would knock him out, they steal his money and run. The premise involves a group of new asshole yuppies who cross paths, and cross bad ‘ole Rusty Nail (this time played by KEN KIRZINGER of Freddy vs. But I digress: I suppose I should’ve seen it coming considering it is called Joy Ride 3: Road Kill, after all… Between four Wrong Turn sequels and now a third Joy Ride film, it’s gotten ridiculous but obviously they’re cheap to make and with a plethora of young actors to cull from, I guess these direct-to-video sequels pay out well for the studios. Abrams (characters) Declan O’Brien (written by)Ĭast: Ken Kirzinger, Jesse Hutch, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Gianpaolo Venuta, Jake Manley, Kirsten Prout, Leela Savastaįeatures: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, DVD Copy, Digital Copyįox, please stop.
#Joy ride 3 movie movie
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overallįox | Unrated – 96 min.
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The plot is more or less a rehash of the first film just with more characters who are almost all unlikeable, making it really hard to care for their well being, and Rusty Nail as a villain is just another mundane serial killer rather than a truly scary voice over the radio.
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Joy Ride 3: Road Kill shockingly (or not) is an all around bad movie and not in the fun kind of way either.