Joy Ride: Dead Ahead (2008) (V)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Louis Morneau

Writers:

James Robert Johnston (screenplay) &
Bennett Yellin (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Detours can be deadly.

Plot:

While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiancé Bobby, Kayla stops the car in the gas station to meet her date...

Plot Keywords:

Truck | Gas Station | Truck Driver | Impalement | Long Haired Male

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Nicki Aycox	...	Melissa
Nick Zano	...	Bobby
Kyle Schmid	...	Nik
Laura Jordan	...	Kayla
Mark Gibbon	...	Rusty Nail
Krystal Vrba	...	Lot Lizard
Kathryn Kirkpatrick	...	Big Wheels Waitress
Rob Carpenter	...	Trucker #1
Gordon Tipple	...	Trucker #2
Rebecca Davis	...	Woman Stuck in Snow
Daniel Boileau	...	Bald Trucker
Lyle St. Goddard	...	Goofy Looking Truck Driver
Mackenzie Gray	...	Bartender
Sean Tyson	...	Drunk Trucker #1
Chris Kalhoon	...	Drunk Trucker #2

Also Known As:

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (USA) (DVD box title)
Joy Ride: End of the Road (USA) (working title)
Road Kill 2: Dead Ahead (Australia)
Virée d'enfer 2 - Cap sur la mort (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

91 min | Netherlands:92 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (2009)

Filming Locations:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

JR Canada Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When the kids first discover the Chevelle, Nick puts his mouth and hands against the driver side window and smears saliva across it. In the next shot, from the same vantage point, the window is clean.

Quotes:

Rusty Nail: She gave me the finger. Now I want it. She gave it to me, I figure it's mine to keep.

Movie Connections:

Follows Joy Ride (2001/I)

A Great Sequel, Though It Does Slap The First One In The Face...

If this would've been given a different title, people would've thought immediately while viewing that it was a rip-off of Joy Ride. I like the fact that they used Joy Ride in the name, but still, they needed to acknowledge something about the people in the first in SOME WAY. On to the movie itself, it was very entertaining and in ways very smart and cunning. I also thought it had decent and interesting characters, though at times a lot of them were very faceless. Also, the plot was very good for a sequel of this standard. Overall, the movie entertains, and it was a great sequel to a very great first. Don't be expecting it to live up to Joy Ride if you are going to watch it.