The Worst Film Ever

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Excellent adaptation.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

I do enjoy a good horror movie, and the psychological horror movies especially so, and "Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead" did indeed have the potential to be a great movie. And given my interest in the horror genre, of course I sat down to watch it.The story, however, turned out to be just another generic run-of-the-mill psychological chase and terrorizing horror movie. It is about a group of people whose car breaks down and they find an old, rundown house in the middle of nowhere. They find a car in the garage and decide to take it, as no one is at home, with the intent to return later on with the car and pay for damages to the property. It turns out that the owner of the house and car is a cruel truck driver and he takes up the chase of the young people, hellbent on causing them harm and terrorizing them.Sure, the storyline was not something new or innovative, and it was in fact something that had been seen in other movies. But still, it did have potential. However, director Louis Morneau just didn't manage to make "Joyride 2: Dead Ahead" stand out in the genre. The movie certainly was entertaining enough, but it just didn't have that special touch to it.The acting in the movie was adequate, and people did actually perform well enough with their given roles and characters. However, the sadistic truck driver character was just a bit too generic and over-used in other movies similar to this.There weren't anything particular scary about the movie or the things that happened throughout the course of the movie. But still, I will say, that many of the scenes were nicely set up and executed, they just weren't particularly frightening.All in all, "Joyride 2: Dead Ahead" is an entertaining enough horror for what it turned out to be. You just shouldn't expect anything extraordinary here, and it is essentially something that has been seen in other similar movies.

It's been a while since I've seen any Horror films, as even a Horror freak such as myself needs some time off from time to time, so forgive me if this review is a little rusty (no pun intended, haha).Sequels of Horror films have always been there, starting from the classics that became anthologies (Freddie, Jason, Halloween and such). Today, however, some sequels attempt to "reinvent" the mood and overall happening of the first (the Saw series, for instance). There are, however, sequels that don't attempt top do so, but rather to "continue the adventure", sometimes by picking up where the first movie ended (for instance Cabin Fever 2 and Fritt Vilt/Cold Prey 2) and sometimes by bringing the monster some new victims (like Wrong Turn 2, The Hills Have Eyes 2 and such). Joyride 2: Dead Ahead is the latter, portraying Rusty Nail's latest endeavors.Unlike the first film, this time it isn't a cat and mouse chase, but more like Saw: the killer has something the potential victims want, and he's going to make them work hard to get it back - bloody hard. Rusty Nail is portrayed here at his most evil, vicious and heartless. He toys around with his victims, tortures them physically and mentally, and proves resilient and dominant.My favorite part about the film was by far the "dice" scene, where Rusty made his victims roll dice in order to choose each other's punishment. Not all that original (especially after films like Dice and Saw), but very nicely done! My least favorite? Besides lead actress Nicki Aycox's acting (which unfortunately at times was simply amateur), it was the holes in the screenplay... Rusty seemed to know everything (even things he wasn't supposed to be able to know), and was seemingly immortal (by now a plague amongst Slasher screenwriters who make their Slasher superhuman). Also, some of the things done (or not done) by the protagonists were illogical to the point of frustration.All in all, I love the film and enjoyed watching it. It's been a while since I've seen the first one, but I must say this one was better. Very highly recommended, even if you haven't seen the first (although the first is also!)

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead starts as four friends are driving across the open desert on their way to Las Vegas for a party, sisters Melissa (Nicki Aycox) & Kayla (Laura Jordon) & their boyfriends Bobby (Nick Zano) & Nick (Kyle Schmid). While driving down an old dirt road their car breaks down & they find themselves stuck, with no option but to walk they eventually stumble across a house that seems abandoned but as luck would have it a nice car is sitting in the garage full of gas & ready to go. The four decide to borrow it so they can get back to civilisation but when the owner returns later he isn't too pleased that they took his car. A serial killer who calls himself Susty Nail (Mark Gibbon) he sets out to teach the four friends a lesson & starts to psychologically & psychically torture them with his intent to kill them after he's had some fun but the plucky Melissa fights back & tries to outwit & out-think Rusty Nail & save herself & her friends...This American & Canadian co-production was directed by Louis Momeau & is a reasonable time-waster if your desperate & there's nothing else on telly but I would struggle to call it anything else other than watchable. A direct to video sequel to the theatrically released Joy Ride (2001) this is a fairly routine sequel that is more of a rehash of the original than something significantly different, as I said it's not too bad for what it is but Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead feels a little predictable & a little forgettable. The character's are alright but again with it's cast of perfect looking teens you get the impression Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead was written & made with demographics in mind, we never learn anything about Ruty Nail & why he decides to play games with the four teens, why not just kill them & be done with it? Why does he not follow up on wanting Kayla's middle finger after making such a big issue of it? The ending feels a little rushed too, how did Bobby get to Melissa so quickly & how did he know where she was? Come to think of it how did Melissa know where Rusty Nail had parked his truck? At just under 90 minutes it moves along at a decent pace, the game of cat & mouse occasionally works but sometimes feels like padding & the body count is maybe a little on the low side. Not bad I suppose but not exactly great either, watchable enough for what it is in a teen horror thriller sort of way.A I said the body count & gore factor is a little disappointing, a woman is decapitated, there's a severed finger, a ripped off jaw & someone gets a steel rod rammed through their head but otherwise not a lot. In fact out of the four lead teens two of them are still standing at the end. There are a couple of impressive looking crashes & explosions including Rusty Nail's truck falling off a cliff in slow motion at the end & exploding at the bottom. Available in an 'Unrated' version on video & an edited cut which gets shown on telly it's safe to assume the Unrated cut is a lot better with added gore (not that there's much to begin with), added nudity (not that there's much to begin with) & added profanity (not that there's much to begin with).With a supposed budget of about $5,000,000 this has good production values & looks nice enough, filmed in British Columbia in Canada although set entirely in the US. The acting is alright, the material isn't great & one dimensional so it was never going to award winning stuff.Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is a passable time-waster, it has a decent enough story with some thrills, a bit of gore, a bit of tension & the ultimate question of what will happen next & how will our teen stars get out of it but not much beyond that. Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is the sort of film you watch & enjoy it perfectly enough but within a day or two you have completely forgotten it.

Joy Ride 2 Dead Ahead is not a bad horror film. Sure, it is predictable, and has some bad writing at times and acting, but not as often to make it a bad film. It has some really wild moments that make it all worthwhile, like the gambling death scene between the two male characters. Nicki Aycox is a strong leading lady, the others are mediocre. It is actually better than Jeepers Creepers 2, Aycox's other horror film and this should definitely entertain those wanting a night out, and for those who have nothing else to do, but be warned, it is not very scary.But overall, not a bad horror film and pretty entertaining