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The group cut a finger from a [[corpse]] and they reach a wrong trucker because Rusty already knew that they had broken the rules. Rusty cut off one finger of Bobby and put it in the [[glove compartment]] of the vehicle which was later discovered by the group. |
The group cut a finger from a [[corpse]] and they reach a wrong trucker because Rusty already knew that they had broken the rules. Rusty cut off one finger of Bobby and put it in the [[glove compartment]] of the vehicle which was later discovered by the group. |
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Rusty later instructs Nik to walk through a party dressed as a female and to buy crystal meth. As he's walking, Rusty kidnaps Nik and drives off. Melissa and Kayla chase them, and Rusty gets behind them. He rams them so the car flips, and Kayla gets pinned and instructs Melissa to go because he's going to ram the car again. Melissa jumps at the last second, while Kayla is |
Rusty later instructs Nik to walk through a party dressed as a female and to buy crystal meth. As he's walking, Rusty kidnaps Nik and drives off. Melissa and Kayla chase them, and Rusty gets behind them. He rams them so the car flips, and Kayla gets pinned and instructs Melissa to go because he's going to ram the car again. Melissa jumps at the last second, while Kayla is killed in the exploding car. |
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He takes Bobby and Nik back to his home, and has them play a game with dice (using [[Craps]] rules). In this game, whatever one person rolls makes the other person suffer. Various things happen to them, like branding them with a rusty nail in the shape of an "R", being hit in the kneecap, etc. Once Bobby rolls [[snake eyes]], however, Rusty kills Nik by stabbing him with a piece of steel rebar through his head. He then |
He takes Bobby and Nik back to his home, and has them play a game with dice (using [[Craps]] rules). In this game, whatever one person rolls makes the other person suffer. Various things happen to them, like branding them with a rusty nail in the shape of an "R", being hit in the kneecap, etc. Once Bobby rolls [[snake eyes]], however, Rusty kills Nik by stabbing him with a piece of steel rebar through his head. He then hangs Bobby in the back of his truck. Melissa comes to rescue him by distracting Rusty Nail with a police motorcycle. Melissa overpowers the killer with a few well placed hits to the back with a shovel and drives away in his truck... only for Rusty to manage to grab on to the side and end up on the roof of the vehicle. She drives until the sun comes up and ends up plowing into a gas tank, causing the truck to catch fire. Melissa jumps from the truck as Rusty takes contol, but it's too late and he drives off the side of a cliff, the truck exploding on impact. |
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Bobby escapes from the trailer he was hung up in and meets back up with Melissa, their ordeal finally over. |
Bobby escapes from the trailer he was hung up in and meets back up with Melissa, their ordeal finally over. Later in the middle of nowhere, a girl is stuck on the side of the road as her car has broken down. A big red Peterbilt truck (with trailer) drives past her, only to back up. She explains what's happened and asks for a ride. As the truck door opens you can see that the driver has a badly burnt right arm. The girl climbs in and a familiar voice pipes up before laughing ominously as the film fades to black. |
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| Directed by | Louis Morneau |
| Written by | James Robert Johnston Bennett Yellin J. J. Abrams and Clay Tarver (screenplay of original film and creation of character Rusty Nail) |
| Produced by | Connie Dolphin |
| Starring | Nicki Aycox Nick Zano Laura Jordan Kyle Schmid Mark Gibbon |
| Cinematography | Robert C. New |
| Edited by | Mike Jackson |
| Music by | Christopher Covert Annie Lin |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
Release date | October 7, 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is a 2008 horror/thriller/suspense road movie. Released in October 2008, it is a direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2001 film Joy Ride. The film is directed by Louis Morneau, and stars Mark Gibbon, Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, and Laura Jordan.
The film was released on DVD on October 7, 2008 in the United States and opened at #9 at the DVD sales chart, making $1,492,635 off 62,000 sold DVD units. As per the latest figures, 200,000 units have been sold, translating to $4,307,361 in revenue. This does not include Blu-ray sales/DVD rentals.[1]
Development
Originally titled Joy Ride 2: End of the Road in promotional artwork, Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead was filmed in British Columbia, Canada, at Cache Creek, Kamloops and Vancouver.[2]
Like the original film, Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, although unlike the original it did not enjoy a run in cinemas and was direct-to-DVD.
Synopsis
No mention is made of events or characters in the original film, and whilst the time period of the original film was ambiguous the time period of Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead is more clearly stated as being a contemporary setting due to references to MySpace, Google, YouTube, Punk'd, Rage Against the Machine and similar contemporary references.
Plot
The film begins with a trucker at a truck stop in an unspecified rural location. It is night time and in a heavy rainstorm, and a hooker gets into a large, black Peterbilt and offers her "services" to the trucker inside. The trucker is revealed to be Rusty Nail (portrayed by Mark Gibbon), when he recites his phrase "I like the rain. Keeps everybody inside and washes everything clean." He asks the hooker to go out into the rain to get wet. When she is unnevered by this strange behaviour and states she is leaving, Rusty Nail locks the doors and asks her to leave through the open window. He then shuts the window up half way as she is clambering out, trapping her with half her body hanging outside the truck. Rusty Nail then drives off, decapitating the hooker as he drives alongside a trailer attached to the truck.
The film then jumps to the new protagonists, Melissa and her fiancé Bobby (Nicki Aycox and Nick Zano), a young engaged couple in their early twenties who are on a cross country road trip in a 1983 model Chevrolet Caprice Wagon. They are heading across the South Eastern United States to Las Vegas, where they plan on getting married. Joining them for the ride is Melissa's sister Kayla (Laura Jordan), who along the way also picks up her online boyfriend Nik (Kyle Schmid), a punk.
When their car breaks down in the desert, the four find a seemingly abandoned house along a side road and in the barn they find a silver 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle. Melissa, Bobby, Kayla and Nik decide to take the Chevelle as there doesn't seem to be anybody about and the car is in working order, however Melissa leaves a note in the house leaving her contact details to whomever may own the house and/or car.
However, it appears somebody does indeed follow them, as soon after Bobby disappears from a diner restroom and the others find a CB radio in their car with which Rusty Nail talks to them. He orders them to destroy their cellphones and follow his orders if Bobby is to survive, and he has some quite nasty psychological mind games that creates a bridge for a gory, life-and-death situations. The group continues to follow Rusty Nail who promise them that they will be reunited soon, after Rusty requests for Kayla's middle finger.
The group cut a finger from a corpse and they reach a wrong trucker because Rusty already knew that they had broken the rules. Rusty cut off one finger of Bobby and put it in the glove compartment of the vehicle which was later discovered by the group.
Rusty later instructs Nik to walk through a party dressed as a female and to buy crystal meth. As he's walking, Rusty kidnaps Nik and drives off. Melissa and Kayla chase them, and Rusty gets behind them. He rams them so the car flips, and Kayla gets pinned and instructs Melissa to go because he's going to ram the car again. Melissa jumps at the last second, while Kayla is killed in the exploding car.
He takes Bobby and Nik back to his home, and has them play a game with dice (using Craps rules). In this game, whatever one person rolls makes the other person suffer. Various things happen to them, like branding them with a rusty nail in the shape of an "R", being hit in the kneecap, etc. Once Bobby rolls snake eyes, however, Rusty kills Nik by stabbing him with a piece of steel rebar through his head. He then hangs Bobby in the back of his truck. Melissa comes to rescue him by distracting Rusty Nail with a police motorcycle. Melissa overpowers the killer with a few well placed hits to the back with a shovel and drives away in his truck... only for Rusty to manage to grab on to the side and end up on the roof of the vehicle. She drives until the sun comes up and ends up plowing into a gas tank, causing the truck to catch fire. Melissa jumps from the truck as Rusty takes contol, but it's too late and he drives off the side of a cliff, the truck exploding on impact.
Bobby escapes from the trailer he was hung up in and meets back up with Melissa, their ordeal finally over. Later in the middle of nowhere, a girl is stuck on the side of the road as her car has broken down. A big red Peterbilt truck (with trailer) drives past her, only to back up. She explains what's happened and asks for a ride. As the truck door opens you can see that the driver has a badly burnt right arm. The girl climbs in and a familiar voice pipes up before laughing ominously as the film fades to black.
References
- ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/0JYR2-DVD.php
- ^ Cameron McGaughy, "Review of Joy Ride 2: Dead," DVD Talk (September 28, 2008).