Product Details

• Actors: Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Laura Jordan, Kyle Schmid, Mark Gibbon
• Directors: Louis Morneau
• Writers: Bennett Yellin, Clay Tarver, James Robert Johnston
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DZOC64
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,115 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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JOY RIDE 2:DEAD AHEAD - DVD Movie

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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first but still decent, September 26, 2008

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E. Barrios (N.Y.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (DVD)

Joy Ride 2 lacks the tension and fright found in the first movie but it still manages to entertain unlike so many horror movies that go direct to DVD.

Rusty Nails, the trucker who happens to be a serial killer, continues with the carnage when he discovers that two couples broke into his home and stole his vintage sports car, after their car broke down. Rusty doesn't take too kindly to folks stealing his property. He quickly teaches them a lesson in manners that they'll soon take to their graves.

In this movie, you get to see some profile shots of Rusty's face. Surprisingly, he isn't the fat trucker I thought he was. He has more of a Triple-H, a la wrestler, build and facial appearance. At least that's what I saw, but you may think otherwise.

I thought the killings and torture scenes were effective but not original. After all, there's only so many ways you can maim or murder somebody and in horror, it's pretty much been done.

It's a good sequel that tries to remain faithful to the Rusty mystique and pulls it off for the most part. In the end, I enjoyed it and I think you will, too.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So-so., October 18, 2008

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NHgboy (Southern Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (DVD)

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!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HANGING BY A RUSTY NAIL, October 19, 2008

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Robert F. Powers "show maniac" (Quincy, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (DVD)

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.