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Joy Ride
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2001 film directed by John Dahl
OverviewAI-generated
Joy Ride is a 2001 American thriller, mystery, horror, and action film directed by John Dahl. The screenplay was written by J. J. Abrams, who also produced the film alongside Chris Moore. The production involved Regency Enterprises, Bad Robot Productions, and LivePlanet. The cast includes Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman, and Jim Beaver.
The movie was filmed in Long Beach, Utah, and Los Angeles, with a narrative set in the United States. It has a runtime of 97 minutes and was released on October 5, 2001. Distribution was handled by 20th Century Studios and Netflix, with video on demand as a format. The film was followed by Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead.
Critical reception included a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 74%, a Metacritic score of 75/100, and an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 based on 80,812 votes. The film received five nominations total and was rated R. It had a budget of 23,000,000 and generated revenue of 36,642,838. Marco Beltrami composed the score.
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Film · TMDB
6.5Three 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 psychotic killer.
Cast
- Steve Zahn as Fuller
- Paul Walker as Lewis
- Leelee Sobieski as Venna
- Jessica Bowman as Charlotte
- Stuart Stone as Danny (Lewis's Roommate)
- Basil Wallace as Car Salesman
Themes
- chase
- gas station
- stalking
- psychological thriller
- killer
- truck driver
- cb radio
- road rage
- psycho killer
- brothers
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
80,812 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
- Director
- John Dahl
- Cast member
- Ted Levine
- Composer
- Marco Beltrami
- Producer
- Chris Moore
- Production company
- LivePlanet
- Narrative location
- United States
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 810927
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-12-27
- title
- Joy Ride
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 75/100
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