Death Ride

2006 "Prepare to be driven insane"
2.4| 1h24m| R| en
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An American photographer has an affair with a mysterious woman (Yoshikawa), which leads him into a confrontation with the occult.

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Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
bal-player I will admit that I jumped when the "spirits" or whatever just appeared out of no where but you know what??? The best part of this movie is when it was OVER!!!!!!! I wasted my Halloween movie night on this crap - tastic movie and guess what?? I wasn't scared. period... I will sleep well tonight knowing that I will never ever EVER put myself through this crap again.. Waste of my time, but of course I had to finish it because I started it. The whole movie summed up... Husband cheats. Wife finds out. Couple fight. Husband kills wife. Husband wants to discard wife's body. Travels to lake. During travel, Husband sees "spirits" of wife and Japanese girl friend. Freaks out and horrible acting btw.Runs out of gas. Eventually gets gas and continues to lake. Sees more "spirits" and drives faster. Gets to lake and throws dead wife into lake. Comes to conclusions that Girlfriend seen murder. Races back to Girlfriends house. Kills Girlfriend. Uses chainsaw. Smokes a cigarette. Answers door. Sees both dead wife and girlfriend at door. Goes into mental breakdown. Reality the two dead women are in fact two male police officers. <<< Actually that last part made the entire group of girls LMAO.... There... do not waste your time!!!!
Claudio Carvalho The photographer Greg Ross (Rand Gamble) has an argument with his wife Amanda (Laura Putney) about his affair with the Japanese model Yumi (Hinano Yoshikawa) and he accidentally kills her. He decides to get rid off Amanda's body dumping it in the Black Lake. While driving in a road during the night, Greg recalls moments of his relationship with Amanda and Yumi and is haunted by their ghosts, driving him insane with a tragic conclusion.The feature "Death Ride" is a long and boring journey to insanity through the guilty complex of a character that becomes delusional, blending reality and imagination. The eerie story could be a good short, but the director used a slow pace to make the movie last 84 minutes running time; as the consequence, I found it too long and repetitive, apparently going nowhere for a long time. In addition, the accent of Hinano Yoshikawa is terrible. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "De Carona Com a Morte" ("Riding with Death")
gavin6942 After accidentally killing his wife (whom he's cheating on), a photographer puts her body in the trunk and brings her to Black Lake. But along the way he gets visions of his dead wife and encounters other obstacles (mentally unstable men, police officers, etc.) and will have to battle to retain his sanity.Before I say anything else, I want to give a huge round of applause to the band Maximum Indifference. When I saw their name in the opening credits, I was confused -- what is a "maximum indifference"? Aren't you either indifferent or not? But they provided the music for this film, and it is fantastic. I strongly suggest you check out their web site and if you're a filmmaker consider hiring them to make some music for you. They are specifically prepared to help with movie background tunes, and I can't say I've ever heard better. If there was a strong point to the film, it was them.Now, I also have to defend this movie. I have seen other reviews that say the acting is horrible and that all negative comments are understatements. Yes, the acting is not the greatest. But it's not the worst I've seen. And some other qualities about this film cannot be ignored. I found some of it to be quite creepy: a dark road, middle of the night, strange occurrences... with camera shots trapping us in to see only what comes into the light at the last second. I never knew what would jump out next.The suspense and tension were well done. When the cops visit him (more than once) I wasn't sure if he was going to be busted, or if he wasn't how he was going to get out of it. I enjoyed the blood splatter. There was a lot going for this film, especially if you consider the fact everyone involved is a fresh face. Also, despite starring Americans, this film had more of an Asian feel -- if you judge it as an Asian film, it was actually much better (as I've said in other reviews -- I believe "Dream Cruise", for example -- Asian films have an element of the supernatural that would seem cheesy or stupid in American films but works for them).What made this film fail, besides the less than stellar acting, was the fact there really was no story. Time was filled with extra shots of his driving, we see some repeated things (lighting cigarettes, similar road scenes). Most if not all of the flashbacks told nothing crucial or helpful to the story. In short, this film could have been a 30-minute television feature. Compare this to the "thanks for the ride, lady" sequence from "Creepshow 2". That was only about 15 minutes and got the point across. This could have been done in the same way... it never should have been a full-length film.When the film wasn't giving me bad acting or boring me to death, it was a good film. I cannot make something like this myself (well, probably not). 2006 saw more horror DVD releases than any time in world history (or at least it seems that way), so unless you're watching as many as I do, you'll never find this one floating to the top of your must-see list. I guess the Japanese girl is sort of cute, but not cute enough to really sell this film. Sorry, "Haunted Highway", you're a dead end.
Jimbo This is possibly the worst movies of all time. I've seen some bad movies, and this one is a killer. Every film school in the world should make their students watch this movie as a perfect example of how you should not make a movie! How anyone could make a movie this bad I honestly don't know. When a studio is in production, how could they actually let this one through the screening process? Couldn't they see how bad it was? Bad and almost non-existent story line and terrible acting on almost everyones part. I've given this a one out of ten, but thats only because the rating system provides that as the lowest possible rating. I think IMDb should change their rating system to go between -10 and 10, the zero mark being the just barely watchable rating. If that were the case this would probably get a rating of around -8, as its a complete waste of time, and it actually hurt my brain to continue watching this at around the 20 minute mark.