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Features: DVD, English, Dolby Digital (5.1), Spanish, Subtitled, Commentary, Behind the Scenes Footage, Deleted Scenes
It's all fun and games when two brothers, Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn), take off cross-country to bring home a pretty college friend (Leelee Sobieski). But the jokes end when a prank backfires and they find themselves stalked by a vengeful trucker who won't give up his relentless chase until somebody pays with their life. This "first-rate pure thriller" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) will leave you breathless!
"A mixture of black humor and chills." People Magazine
"A roller-coaster of a movie!" Los Angeles Times
"A hot-wired white-knuckle thriller." San Francisco Examiner
Editor's Note
Director John Dahl knows his way around a thriller as few contemporary filmmakers do. He revitalized the film noir with his darkly witty films, RED ROCK WEST and THE LAST SEDUCTION. With JOY RIDE, Dahl streamlines the plot and ratchets up the tension. Two brothers, Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn) are driving home cross-country. Fuller bullies Lewis into using the CB radio ("Prehistoric internet," Fuller calls it) to play a mean-spirited practical joke on a trucker, and it backfires horribly. The psychotic trucker comes after them, but they get away. Foolishly thinking they're out of danger, they pick up Venna (Leelee Sobieski), the girl Lewis has been pining for, on the way home. The mysterious trucker, who they know only by his CB handle, "Rusty Nail," goes further than they could ever imagine to exact his revenge. Zahn is pitch-perfect here, capturing both Fuller's charm and his stupid recklessness. Dahl builds the suspense beautifully, creating a real sense of being out on the highway in the middle of nowhere. The script, by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, brings three strong characters to life with sharp, funny dialogue, fleshing out the bare bones of the plot.
| Features | Deleted Scene and More! | | Commentary with Director John Dahl, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski and Writers Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams | | 4 Alternate Endings | | "Making Of" Featurette | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/6/2005 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 2003625 | | UPC: 00024543036258 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Film Comment
"...Sobieski is lovely and self-reliant as the love interest..." 09/01/2001 p.77Variety
"...[A] hot-wired, white-knuckle thriller....Walker registers a personable impression here and fully convinces....Sobieski once again demonstrates her canny instincts for acting naturally and persuasively..." 09/10/2001 p.58 Box Office
"...[Zahn is] likable as the fun-loving screw-up....[Sobieski] reveals an interesting toughness..." 10/01/2001 p.60 New York Times
"...JOY RIDE is stylized and referential without being arch or secondhand....It's also surprisingly funny..." 10/05/2001 p.E23 Total Film
"...This is one of the smartest, most enjoyable youngsters-stalked-by-lunatic thrillers in years....[It] also scores big by delivering laughs..." 05/01/2002 p.98 Sight and Sound
"...Dahl's neo-noir sensibilities lend a stylish sheen to this pulpy suspense thriller..." 04/03/2003 p.61 The New York Times 7 of 10
Mr. Dahl has a knack for infusing tried-and-true noir imagery--pouring rain, flickering neon, headlights on a darkened highway--with new dimension of dread...stylized and referential without being arch or secondhand...It's also surprisingly funny, thanks to a playful script... - A.O. Scott
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...a first-rate pure thriller, an exercise that depends on believable characters and the director's skill in putting the pieces together...relentlessly well-crafted. You want to be scared and have a few laughs and not have your intelligence insulted? Here you go. - Roger Ebert
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