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Movie
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-Paul
Walker
-Steve
Zahn
Director
John
Dahl
knows
his
way
around
a
thriller
as
few
contemporary
filmmakers
do.
He
revitalized
the
film
noir
with
his
darkly
witty
films,
RED
ROCK
WEST
and
THE
LAST
SEDUCTION.
With
JOY
RIDE,
Dahl
streamlines
the
plot
and
ratchets
up
the
tension.
Two
brothers,
Lewis
(Paul
Walker)
and
Fuller
(Steve
Zahn)
are
driving
home
cross-country.
Fuller
bullies
Lewis
into
using
the
CB
radio
("Prehistoric
internet,"
Fuller
calls
it)
to
play
a
mean-spirited
practical
joke
on a
trucker,
and
it
backfires
horribly.
The
psychotic
trucker
comes
after
them,
but
they
get
away.
Foolishly
thinking
they're
out
of
danger,
they
pick
up
Venna
(Leelee
Sobieski),
the
girl
Lewis
has
been
pining
for,
on
the
way
home.
The
mysterious
trucker,
who
they
know
only
by
his
CB
handle,
"Rusty
Nail,"
goes
further
than
they
could
ever
imagine
to
exact
his
revenge.
Zahn
is
pitch-perfect
here,
capturing
both
Fuller's
charm
and
his
stupid
recklessness.
Dahl
builds
the
suspense
beautifully,
creating
a
real
sense
of
being
out
on
the
highway
in
the
middle
of
nowhere.
The
script,
by
Clay
Tarver
and
J.J.
Abrams,
brings
three
strong
characters
to
life
with
sharp,
funny
dialogue,
fleshing
out
the
bare
bones
of
the
plot.
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