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Joy Ride(Movie, 2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Joy RideRating: 3.2/5 (with 497497 votes)
Joy Ride (known as Road Kill in the UK and Roadkill in Australia) is a 2001 American neo-noir thriller film directed by John Dahl and written by Clay Tarver and J. J. Abrams. It stars Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, and Leelee Sobieski. It follows three young people on a road trip who talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer. The film had its world premiere at the 26th Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2001, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 5, 2001, by 20th Century Fox. It grossed over $36.6 million worldwide against a $23 million budget. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Dahl's direction, the screenplay, and performances of the cast (particularly Zahn), and was nominated for Best Action, Adventure, or Thriller Film at the 28th Saturn Awards. The film has since become a cult classic and spawned two direct-to-video sequels, ()
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About Joy Ride

Three 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.

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Joyride - Spritztour - Trailer Deutsch HD(Trailer, 2:19)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/27/2001 (World premiere: 10/05/2001)
Director: John Dahl
Screenwriter: J. J. Abrams, Clay Tarver
Director of Photography: Jeffrey Jur
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Perseguição"
"Joy Ride 1"
"Virée d'enfer"
"惊心之旅"
"死神勾线"
"玩出祸"
"Jízda do pekel"
"Joy Ride - Spritztour"
"Une virée en enfer"
"Roadkill"
"Kéjutazás"
"Frecuencia Mortal"
"Joyride"
Budget: 23,000,000 USD
Revenue: 36,642,838 USD (= 159%)

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Other movies with this title: Joy Ride (1928), Joy Ride (GB, 1935), Joy Ride (US, 1958), Joy Ride (DE/CH, 2000), Joy Ride (US, 2021), Joy Ride (US, 2023)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:5420, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024