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If you enjoy comedies with a solid storyline as well, offering more than just cheap slapstick comedy, then director Adele Lim's 2023 movie "Joy Ride" certainly is well-worth taking 95 minutes to sit down and watch. My rating of "Joy Ride" lands on a seven out of ten stars. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the help of Lolo, her childhood best friend, Kat, a college friend, and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their epic, no-holds-barred experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

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Why is 'Joy Ride' rated R? “Joy Ride” is rated R for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity, according to the Classification and Ratings Administration. That means anyone under 17 needs to see the movie with a parent or adult guardian.

32 million USD

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Is Joy Ride based on a true story? No, Joy Ride is a work of fiction. However, it draws inspiration from real-life events and urban legends.

In fact, despite the MPAA rating for this movie, which says that JOY RIDE received an R-rating because of violence, terror and language, some of the movie's language contains crude sexual references.

It was released in the United States on October 5, 2001, and in the UK under the title Road Kill on April 26, 2002, and in Australia as Roadkill. The alternate titles were because of the negative connotations of “joy rides” as stealing cars rather than fun roadtrips.

“The Ride” was written in part by University of Minnesota alum Jack Reher and is based on the life of famous BMX rider John Buultjens. To kick things off, John McCord, played by Shane Graham, is sent to a juvenile detention center at the age of seven after attempting to kill his abusive father.

Rusty Nail is the main antagonist of the Joy Ride film series. He is a psychotic and murderous truck driver who hunts down and kills his victims.

In August 2021, Sherry Cola and Stephanie Hsu were added to the cast. In September, it was reported that Sabrina Wu would star as the fourth and final lead in the film.

Who played the bad guy in Joy Ride? ›

, who also played Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and Ken Wheatley in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, while physically portrayed by Matthew Kimbrough as "Rusty Nail" in Joy Ride. In Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, he was portrayed by Mark Gibbon and in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill, he was portrayed by Ken Kirzinger.

Joy Ride 2 certainly doesn't live up to the first one, but it's still a bone-chilling and entertaining ride. Content collapsed. I really liked it, good wrong turn style movies, 10/10.

SEATTLE — The outrageous R-rated comedy “Joy Ride” has two big connections to the Pacific Northwest: it's based in Western Washington and was filmed entirely in Vancouver, B.C. Reminiscent of “Bridesmaids” and “The Hangover,” the movie stars an all-Asian cast.

Summaries. Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.

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While not as good as David O. Russell's previous films, Joy is still worth watching for Jennifer Lawrence's great performance and some lovely, well-written scenes. David o' Russell was sitting in his kitchen at his wit's end.

If you want some intense love story, Ao Haru Ride or its English name Blue Spring Ride is the right choice. Story move fast and our heart simultaneously beating with the character. I hope it will be season 2 which is will be the final season I guess.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 116 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "A well-constructed B-movie thriller, Joy Ride keeps up the necessary level of tension and chills.

Along for the Ride doesn't reinvent the genre but it is a pleasant sit for romantics. There's a sense of warmth, humor, and likability to the movie that won me over.