Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

David Roggenkamp The boxart says it all – a supernatural force is behind a semi; it's going to roar through the night and slay people left and right. My kind of horror movie! The Red Box description says that it involves a group of friends that are out for a joyride when a semi-driver decides to terrorize them for the ride of their lives. This could be anything from a bad b-grade movie to a badly made horror movie; I was expecting something akin to "Munger Road". I was actually pleasantly surprised.The movie starts out with a young couple and a typical horror movie staple – nudity; this however, is not just any nudity; it is a full blown sex scene minus what Hollywood is not allowed to show. Just as well, the sex scene is interrupted when the girlfriend needs to get her fix of cocaine. The easiest way to get it is over the CB (that's citizen's band) radio, call in a truck driver that is carrying it, and then jump him. At least that's the boyfriend's idea. As the trucker pulls up, and opens the door the boyfriend is ready to knock him out; instead, the truck driver is wise to it and the movie commences from there.If the opening sounds good, that is because it is – the nudity is nothing to write home about, the fact they turned it into a deliberate sex scene and at the very start of the movie means some horror movie boundaries are going to be pushed. The boyfriend's idea only sets the stage and involves them in something that has been going on for awhile; this truck driver haunts a road known as "Slaughter Road"; it is the road with the highest fatality rate in the US. We're shown why as the truck driver has the young couple chained to the front of his truck, with the chains bound to the truck's drive axle. The only thing keeping them from failing and getting turned into roadkill is the strength of their love. Oh yeah, the movie turns this into a deliberate nod towards the 'Saw' genre of movie when he puts up some cocaine to his windshield – the girlfriend gets her fix after they survive in this condition after a mile. Just as they survive, the girlfriend's addiction turns into their demise and the murder investigation begins.The movie's opening is really spectacular; but bar is set far above what I've come to expect in horror movies. The main cast involves members of a tuner garage that are prepping and priming a race car; their destination is a race event in Canada. Stopping at a local diner to get directions and they hear about an urban legend on a path they could take. While it is true this path can save them a day's journey, the road is known as "Slaughter Road" due to it having the highest death rate for auto accidents in the US. After showing off the car in all of its gorgeous display (it's an Impreza) the main bulk of the movie begins. The driver decides to harass a truck driver and it is all downhill from there – he's the same truck driver from the beginning of the movie.The movie does not have much in the way of special effects; in fact, outside of one explosion and the usual horror movie gore; there is nothing else going on as far as computer graphics. The movie is pretty straight forward with what it pulls – there are no supernatural demons, there are no spirits, and the killer is a truck driver of all things. The characters are believable, the overly cocky personalities even moreso, and the goofing around and otherwise hyped excitement and fanfare with the characters that progresses throughout the movie is also believable. Simply put, the characters ended up in the wrong place, chose to mess with the wrong person, and chose to deal with it the wrong way; they now pay the price via a sick serial killer that will stop at nothing until they and their 'pretty little race car' are all dead.The characters are also unbelievably well dressed; maybe due in part to the upcoming racing event. The Impreza is equally adorned, but the movie wastes no time in also throwing around the turbo's wastegate and the engine's noise. If the characters and car don't steal the show, the movie has some homages to pay with stereotypical truck driver culture; the truck driver himself likes to sling around bad one liners and other b-grade horror movie style comments. The traps are well done; they are a nod towards Saw – only unlike Saw, the characters are pretty powerless despite the display they put on otherwise.After such a rave review; how can I not recommend this movie? The movie's purpose is clear – a few original things with the plot, suspense all around, and cocky characters that learn they are not bulletproof. The Impreza also, does not see relief from the truck driver – he does it in at one point with his big rig. Car aficionados everywhere should be horrified by this movie indeed.

David Arnold A group of young car racing enthusiasts are on their way to enter their car into a race in Canada, and after stopping for a bite to eat and to ask for some directions, they decide to take a route that is known as Slaughter Alley (after being warned not to, of course). It's here that one of the racers decides to toy about with a truck driver, but that, as they soon find out, was a mistake. What was supposed to be a non-eventful road trip has now turned into a deadly cat-and-mouse game for survival.This will be a pretty short review because in all honesty there isn't much to write about Joy Ride 3. The first film was a good, tense thriller with a good cast. Joy Ride 2 wasn't a patch on the first movie but it was still a watchable film. This one however, well, let's just be polite and say it's gone to the opposite end of Joy Ride.There is plenty of gore but not much of a storyline, so at least the splatter fans might get something out of the movie. There's the usual casting of stereotypical characters as well....street racer jock types along with their stick insect scream queen girlfriends, and of course the now indestructible serial killer, Rusty Nail.This only JUST made it into a 3-star rating for me purely because some of the scenes are not too bad. Well, that and I never lost the will to live while watching the movie.It's watchable but only just barely.

MattyGibbs I enjoyed the first Joyride which was full of tension and very well done. Unfortunately as we already know the perpetrator this one does away with the tension to instead concentrate more on gore. A group of boy racers and assorted girlfriends pick on the wrong lorry to mess with and pay the price. It's all fairly predictable stuff but there are one or two good scenes i.e the opening death scene to keep you interested. At times it is extremely gory with some SAW like scenes which I'm not sure add a great deal to the movie. The acting is what you'd expect, by no means bad but not great either. Overall as long as you don't have high expectations this is an OK time filler but I doubt it's one that will live long in the memory.

Ange Alexiel i give a 6 to this one, cos they are not much horror road movies, but i give the first one a big 8, cos it was a pretty decent acting and cast. even if i prefer one film over this trilogy, which is the hitcher revisited by mickael bay , i'll give a 4,5 for the second film of this franchise. like final destination saga , or screams, some are better , some are at the bottom of the list, but of the 3 films, this one is second for me in quality. the intro is the best of all three by the way, wotrh watching if u like and love horror road movies. which are unfortunalty not very present these days. but it's a nice sage after all, and i hope a fourth one would renew the genre with some new twist . cos they are some uncohenrencies from the last scene of the second film to this one about the villain... maybe it's time for rusty nail to be replaced by another character