Joy Ride
2001 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 6.5 · 75% critics
On a long road trip, three young travelers kill time by chatting on a CB radio and pulling a prank on a trucker. When the stranger takes it personally, the trip turns into a tense chase across lonely highways, forcing them to stay one step ahead and figure out how to get help before it’s too late.
Also known as Roadkill · Joyride · Virée d'enfer · Joy Ride 1
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-10-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (1,349 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, fast-moving road thriller with a nasty prank gone wrong and lots of cat-and-mouse pressure, in the vein of Duel; Not for you if you need realism or hate plot holes.
Pros: strong early suspense; creepy trucker voice; fun road-chase thrills | Cons: far-fetched tracking; uneven second half; rushed payoff
Themes
- chase
- gas station
- stalking
- psychological thriller
- killer
- truck driver
- cb radio
- road rage
- psycho killer
- brothers
Cast & crew
Steve Zahn
as Fuller
Paul Walker
as Lewis
Leelee Sobieski
as Venna
Jessica Bowman
as Charlotte
Stuart Stone
as Danny (Lewis's Roommate)
Basil Wallace
as Car Salesman
Brian Leckner
as Officer Keeney
Mary Wickliffe
as Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk
- MS
McKenzie Satterthwaite
as Asst. Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk
Dell Yount
as Gas Station Mechanic
Directed by John Dahl