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Business Stationary Mart - Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
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List Price: $26.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Kyle Schmid, Mark J. Gibbon, Nicki Lynn Aycox, Laura Jordan, Nick Zano
Directed By: Louis Morneau
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543530954
Format: AC-3
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-10-07
Running Time: 91
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Summary: Joy Ride 2: Sequels ahead
Comment: Not as good as the original, but they hardly ever are. This movie see's a brand new cast of kids heading to Vegas to get married. Along the way there car breaks down and the stumble onto what is Rusty Nails house. They break in and borrow Rustys car, leaving a note to say they will return it, and continue on there way.
When Rusty gets home, for whatever reason, he decides to chase them down and take them on a JoyRide of his own.
The first movie had a much more interesting plot and not many kills, this one is not set mostly through CB dialog and inside car views, this time Rusty uses his house and you get to know him a little bit better.
The ending of the movie was dumb, you can set up a sequel better then the lame way they ended this movie. There seems to have been about 5 different cameras used to film this one, as it goes from that movie looking image, to a hand held camera, to a cheap midday movie style, and sometimes the editing can be a distraction from whats going on in the movie.
Don't expect to see something as good as the original, but this ones ok for what it is, just ignore that last few seconds of the film.
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Summary: More Joyous than expected
Comment: Joyride 2 Dead Ahead
Is a pretty good movie,much better than I expected.
As a big Nick Zano fan it was good to see him in this movie.
All the actors were very effective in their roles, "Kyle Schmid" recently seen in Zerophilia was a treat to watch as the cocky so called tough guy who gets reduced to a blubbering emotional wreck after being forced to get in drag and walk through a bevy of rednecks and at his breaking point admits his tattoos are fake and he's basically just a wimp living a badboy fantasy.
The movie has plenty of action and the scene where the guys are tied up and have to roll dice to decide each others torture device fates is pretty hard to watch but very effective .Especially the hysterical "Schmid" still in remnants of tranny wear and makeup.
Nicki Aycox is very good as the distraught heroine who is fighting to save the life of her boyfriend "Zano".
I didn't think I was going to like it but once I turned it on I couldn't stop watching.
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Summary: Yeah, right...
Comment: Well, they stole the guy's prize show car. Oh, that's okay because they left a note and promised to bring it back. And when they took it, they of course had to fish tail it down the road to see what it could do. For the four young people in this movie that 'borrowed' the car I could sum up no sympathy what so ever. Maybe they did not deserve what they got but they sure weren't some group of innocents. On the other hand, how much did ole Rusty Nail care for his car? After all, he does destroy it later in the film. By the way after he destroys his car, you can clearly see that the left side of his truck is smashed in with the headlight busted out and then a few seconds later the truck is without a scratch and the headlight is working perfectly. Hmmm. Continuity problem? Speaking of continuity, Bobby gets his kneecap busted in one scene and a moment later, he's all over the pain, rolling the dice again and then a few minutes later, he's limping across the desert. What??? Anyway, despite unlikable characters who are dumber than dirt, this movie is okay for an hour and a half of mindless torture. My real problem with this film is the way the four young people just did what they were told. The finger? Shoot, I would have seen through that one. Melissa's little striptease in front of the truck? Okay, at least the explanation for that made some kind of sense, I guess, but would anyone actually do that? Sending Nik into the trucker's playground in drag? Why not just cut his throat and throw him out of the car and get it over with? What were they thinking? Finally, my last problem with 'JOY RIDE 2' is the way Melissa handled that truck in the end. She jumped in that rig and drove it like she'd been a trucker for 20 years. Shoot, I would have had a hard time figuring out how to start a rig like that let alone drive it like a pro. At least she has career potential ahead of her as a driver. As far as the acting goes: Well, you really don't pick up these type of movies for the great performances, but over all the cast actually did pretty well, especially Nicki Aycox as Melissa. The bottom line is, this: You could do worse. This movie is not great and does not pretend to be great. There are some scenes that will make you a little uneasy and make you squirm, but all in all, not a total waste of an hour and a half. By the way, as other reviewers have already pointed out, there obviously is a sequel coming down the highway. And please: Don't borrow vintage cars without permission.
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Summary: HANGING BY A RUSTY NAIL
Comment: The thrills and adrenaline-pumping excitement in the original Joy Ride begins when two brothers play a cruel prank on a seemingly love-lorn trucker named Rusty Nail. The rest of the movie is a roller coaster ride with a slam bang finale and a twisty ending.
The new movie Joy Ride 2 centers on two couples heading for Las Vegas. One of the guys suggest they use a back road because it's shorter(damn the old "let's use the back road" cliche) Naturally their car breaks down and they start walking and remember- they are on a deserted back road. They eventually come across a seemingly deserted house and shed. They break into the house find nothing useful then inspect the shed where they find a wall loaded with nasty looking implements and do find a lovingly restored sports car which they reason they will "borrow" until they find a rental in the next town and return the sports car. One of the girls leaves contact information for the owners if they return(stupid, stupid girl) Of course this is a horror movie and the owner turns out to be--yes you guessed right--it's Rusty Nail.
The balance of the movie is sadism, mutilation and some rather gruesome death scenes. One poor soul has his entire jawbone ripped from his face(not shown) but you do get to see the jawbone -teeth and all. The metal rod through the top of the head through the chin is gross(but i saw a similar scene in a 1980's horror flick-The Prowler) The movie has a lot of tense moments but unlike the first movie the tense scenes are sadistic and bloody while the first movie the thrills and tense moments were more from chase scenes with the maniacal Rusty and his truck. The movie is worth a watch but it will make you squirm.
One piece of advice...Never give Rusty Nail the finger unless you are not fond of five digits on each hand.
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Summary: So-so.
Comment: The acting is good. The cinematography is good. The plot, however, is unbelievable: stranded twenty-somethings break into Rusty Nails' home and "borrow" his car. They leave a note with their phone number and advise that--as soon as possible--they will return the car and pay for all damage to Rusty's home.
Rusty arrives home and, finding his car missing and home broken into, stalks the teenagers; he kidnaps one of the males (main character's boyfriend). The main character is asked to cut off her sister's finger [because she flipped Rusty "the bird"] and offer it to Rusty to get reunited with her boyfriend. The plot gets worse as Rusty asks the characters to perform ding-a-ling tasks [the main character has to strip to her underwear in the headlight beams of Rusty's truck; male character has to dress as a prostitute and parade in front of truckers]. Although these tasks are based on plot points, I lost empathy for the characters [and whether or not they survived] as they continued to perform brainlessly for Rusty in hopes of being reunited with the main character's boyfriend.
Chopping off your sister's finger, stripping off your clothes in the glow of a Mack truck's headlights, and parading yourself in drag before a seemingly hostile group of truckers [intent on partying and drag racing]..well...it's just silly.
The first Joy Ride was very well done and this sequel is as banal as it is insipid.
View at your own risk!
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Editorial Reviews:
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When four friends embark on a road trip to Vegas looking for fun and a few cheap thrills, they have no idea that they're about to fall into a blood-drenched charnel house of tension, torture, and the darkest depths of pure primal fear! After their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they must find a way back to civilization. But their plan soon arouses the malice of Rusty Nail-a murderous, vengeful trucker with an insatiable appetite for gruesome mutilation and sadistic pain - and he'll stop at nothing to ensure they pay their toll...one body part at a time!
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