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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers:
James Robert Johnston (screenplay) &
Bennett Yellin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 October 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Detours can be deadly. more
Plot:
While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiancé Bobby, Kayla stops the car in the gas station to meet her date... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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A crappy sequel made straight-to-DVD more (35 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicki Aycox ... Melissa

Nick Zano ... Bobby

Kyle Schmid ... Nik
Laura Jordan ... Kayla

Mark Gibbon ... Rusty Nail
Krystal Vrba ... Lot Lizard

Kathryn Kirkpatrick ... Big Wheels Waitress

Rob Carpenter ... Trucker #1
Gordon Tipple ... Trucker #2

Rebecca Davis ... Woman Stuck in Snow

Daniel Boileau ... Bald Trucker
Lyle St. Goddard ... Goofy Looking Truck Driver
Mackenzie Gray ... Bartender

Sean Tyson ... Drunk Trucker #1

Chris Kalhoon ... Drunk Trucker #2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (USA) (DVD box title)
Joy Ride: End of the Road (USA) (working title)
Road Kill 2: Dead Ahead (Australia)
Virée d'enfer 2 - Cap sur la mort (Canada: French title)
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91 min | Netherlands:92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: When the kids' car breaks down, they take off shirts and jackets to walk in the heat. Moments later, in Rusty Nail's barn, you can see their breath when they talk. more
Quotes:
Melissa: I did everything you asked!
Rusty Nail: No, you didn't. I saw you down at the funeral parlor.
Kayla: Mel, what is going on?
Rusty Nail: There's a big difference between a freshly cut, live finger and one snipped from a corpse. Less blood in that one you got there. Stiffer, paler. The nail's yellowed, no nutrients, deteriorating. Want to see what a fresh one looks like? Check the glove compartment.
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Follows Joy Ride (2001/I) more

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7 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A crappy sequel made straight-to-DVD, 27 November 2008
4/10
Author: collipal-1 from Argentina

Joy Ride : Dead Ahead is another sequel made straight-to-DVD which tries to exploit the medium success of its (mediocre) first part.This common practice may seems mercenary,but I'm the first one in accepting that a lot of this sequels have result surprisingly entertaining and satisfactory,like for example,Wrong Turn 2 : Dead End or Species : The Awakening.Unfortunately,Joy Ride : Dead Ahead belongs to the group of crappy sequels thanks to its tedious screenplay and disgusting characters.This movie also looses the opportunity of showing brutal and graphic violence to at least make it watchable.But the violence in this movie is totally insipid.From the first minutes,it's obvious director Louis Morneau (whose filmography includes intolerable craps like Bats and Carnosaur 2) makes his best effort in making the villain a frightening and threatening person but he does not bring life to the character...he is just a psycho who kills people because the screenplay says so.The "heroes" of this movie result totally irritating.Their hateful attitude made me want to wish they all died.The original Joy Ride had been a mediocre film but at least,it had had well done action scenes,some good actors (like Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski) and an ingenious ending.Now,the sequel does not offer any good aspect and it results a very crappy and enormously boring film.My recommendation is to skip this film.

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