Joy Ride 1 really wasn't that bad of a movie. It's nice to be able to see scenes in horror movies, i.e. in full daylight (also see The Devil's Rejects.) And Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead really wasn't that bad either. That being said, I was glad it was direct to DVD. The way it started off (Red flags shot straight up: here we go again! Back to Texas (yes, this was Utah, I know) and back to the chainsaw family seemed to be the setup) and the way the Internet punk transformed in the final act, were the extremely bad parts. If you can make it past the opening, and bear through the closing, it wasn't a terrible psycho preying on lost 20-something lost kids. The acting was okay (aside from the changed Emo boy), dialogue wasn't too awful (miss the Ted "Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb" voice over, but this one was close enough) and suspense was good enough to give it one watch. After a day of watching Saw V followed by Joy Ride 2 – I would say they're both mediocre horror sequels that are worth watching, if just at home.

This movie to some degree was actually better then the first. The budget is way less in this one though you cant really tell. My guess is a lot of money from the first one went to pay Paul Walkers overpaid salary. Where the first one was strictly a thriller this one went more into the slasher theme which was even more enjoyable. The actors were no name but yet better. Kind of cheesy at parts and not as good as writing as the first but still entertaining.This movie is about a group of friends travelling on a shortcut they took off the highway when their car breaks down and leaves them stranded. They come across an old house and take a car to get to the nearest town. However the owner of the car returned home and it turns out hes a homicidal pyschopath who wants to teach them a lesson about having things taken from you.This movie I would have to say is better then the first and a lot of people are going to hate that I said that. Yes this one is kind of silly and the production values arnt quite as good and the ending is the silliest thing ever however it still beats the terrible acting and the fact that no one dies in the first.

This serviceable follow-up to the 2001 thriller (renamed ROADKILL over here in the UK) has all the makings of a fairly enjoyable B-movie and none of the characteristics of a keeper. The slim plotting sees sinister trucker Rusty Nail once more behind the wheel as he pursues a quartet of four 20-somethings along America's highways. Cue a fair amount of car crashes, bloodshed and even a little torture at one stage as the film veers into HOSTEL territory in a dingy basement filled with torture implements.Director Louis Morneau has a knack for turning out entertaining B-movies on low budgets and originally became a filmmaker under the tutelage of Roger Corman. The highlight of his career is still the James Belushi sci fi RETROACTIVE, but I've also mildly enjoyed SOLDIER BOYZ and THE HITCHER II over the years (although the less said about BATS the better!). JOY RIDE 2 is neither his best nor his worst, merely another familiar road slasher film in a sub-genre filled with such fare.The cast is undistinguished, with Nicki Aycox showing mettle as the heroine and Kyle Schmid irritating as an emo character. Much of the focus is on titillation, with Aycox forced to strip to her underwear for the pleasure of the villain (and viewer). There's a sleazy atmosphere and plenty of hints at unpleasant torture and bloodshed, although it's more a case of what you don't see rather than what you do see given the paucity of the budget. The ending is straight out of DUEL, a much better film about a psychotic truck driver than this, although I did enjoy JOY RIDE 2 better than its predecessor as it has no pretensions to be an A-list thriller.

Cheese is a matter of taste. Some people like strong Cheddar. You can even get seriously strong Cheddar. It's the same with skiing. Extreme skiing is not for everyone.Extreme horror is not for me. I think many enthusiasts would regard this as being mild horror. Oh well, it's strong enough for me. Not really up my street. I prefer monsters and the supernatural, but this film is well-produced, well-acted and delivers the good.The usual tradition with teen slasher films is that the teens are not very nice from the first and we perversely do not wish them well. Here, for a change, three of the people involved are eminently decent. There is an annoying character but he is the agent of the action. Fair play to him, he acted well through several different emotional situations.The villain is appropriately sadistic. A kind of Johnny Cash, I would say, and everything Johnny Cash represents in my limited world view.Production values good. A limited play set but the pieces are handled well.Oh, the scene where the irritating Facebook guy doesn't want to do something is very good. That's where he's arguing that he doesn't want to buy something. I've been in that situation and the Joy Ride version is very true to life.