Until the last part, the terror is interspersed nicely with some perfectly timed humor. "You guys okay to get back to the main road?" asks one friendly stranger whom they had originally assumed to be Mr. Nail. "Sure, now that we're not dead," Fuller jokes back, while still shaking in his boots from their near death experience. The funniest scene comes when Fuller demonstrates just the right technique to diffuse a brewing bar battle with a group of hostile rednecks.
JOY RIDE is funny, frightening and fabulously fun. And it's all made quite plausible. One thing is certain, kids who see it will probably never be tempted to pull a prank on a stranger. And, if you see cars on the highway steering clear of 18-wheelers, you can probably assume that they've recently seen JOY RIDE.
JOY RIDE runs 1:36. It is rated R for "violence/terror and language" and would be acceptable for most teenagers.
The film opens nationwide in the United States today, Friday, October 5, 2001. In the Silicon Valley, it is showing at the AMC and the Century theaters.
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