Joy Ride 3 (2014)

Bad character development, bad dialogue, overall badly written script. The acting was also bad and poorly directed. The directing was awful and the cinematography.. Well not to criticize the hard working people on the film, i'll just put it on the lack of vision of the director and/or producers. Come to think of it the only OK thing in the whole movie was the gore killing and even with that I didn't find myself thrilled, scared or excited. The movie didn't give me any emotion at all.I don't know how I went through all of the movie, the only reason might be that there was nothing else better on TV.I really disliked the movie and I don't recommend watching it, but hey i'm not a fan of the franchise. This is my subjective and disappointed opinion.

The boxart says it all – a supernatural force is behind a semi; it's going to roar through the night and slay people left and right. My kind of horror movie! The Red Box description says that it involves a group of friends that are out for a joyride when a semi-driver decides to terrorize them for the ride of their lives. This could be anything from a bad b-grade movie to a badly made horror movie; I was expecting something akin to "Munger Road". I was actually pleasantly surprised.The movie starts out with a young couple and a typical horror movie staple – nudity; this however, is not just any nudity; it is a full blown sex scene minus what Hollywood is not allowed to show. Just as well, the sex scene is interrupted when the girlfriend needs to get her fix of cocaine. The easiest way to get it is over the CB (that's citizen's band) radio, call in a truck driver that is carrying it, and then jump him. At least that's the boyfriend's idea. As the trucker pulls up, and opens the door the boyfriend is ready to knock him out; instead, the truck driver is wise to it and the movie commences from there.If the opening sounds good, that is because it is – the nudity is nothing to write home about, the fact they turned it into a deliberate sex scene and at the very start of the movie means some horror movie boundaries are going to be pushed. The boyfriend's idea only sets the stage and involves them in something that has been going on for awhile; this truck driver haunts a road known as "Slaughter Road"; it is the road with the highest fatality rate in the US. We're shown why as the truck driver has the young couple chained to the front of his truck, with the chains bound to the truck's drive axle. The only thing keeping them from failing and getting turned into roadkill is the strength of their love. Oh yeah, the movie turns this into a deliberate nod towards the 'Saw' genre of movie when he puts up some cocaine to his windshield – the girlfriend gets her fix after they survive in this condition after a mile. Just as they survive, the girlfriend's addiction turns into their demise and the murder investigation begins.The movie's opening is really spectacular; but bar is set far above what I've come to expect in horror movies. The main cast involves members of a tuner garage that are prepping and priming a race car; their destination is a race event in Canada. Stopping at a local diner to get directions and they hear about an urban legend on a path they could take. While it is true this path can save them a day's journey, the road is known as "Slaughter Road" due to it having the highest death rate for auto accidents in the US. After showing off the car in all of its gorgeous display (it's an Impreza) the main bulk of the movie begins. The driver decides to harass a truck driver and it is all downhill from there – he's the same truck driver from the beginning of the movie.The movie does not have much in the way of special effects; in fact, outside of one explosion and the usual horror movie gore; there is nothing else going on as far as computer graphics. The movie is pretty straight forward with what it pulls – there are no supernatural demons, there are no spirits, and the killer is a truck driver of all things. The characters are believable, the overly cocky personalities even moreso, and the goofing around and otherwise hyped excitement and fanfare with the characters that progresses throughout the movie is also believable. Simply put, the characters ended up in the wrong place, chose to mess with the wrong person, and chose to deal with it the wrong way; they now pay the price via a sick serial killer that will stop at nothing until they and their 'pretty little race car' are all dead.The characters are also unbelievably well dressed; maybe due in part to the upcoming racing event. The Impreza is equally adorned, but the movie wastes no time in also throwing around the turbo's wastegate and the engine's noise. If the characters and car don't steal the show, the movie has some homages to pay with stereotypical truck driver culture; the truck driver himself likes to sling around bad one liners and other b-grade horror movie style comments. The traps are well done; they are a nod towards Saw – only unlike Saw, the characters are pretty powerless despite the display they put on otherwise.After such a rave review; how can I not recommend this movie? The movie's purpose is clear – a few original things with the plot, suspense all around, and cocky characters that learn they are not bulletproof. The Impreza also, does not see relief from the truck driver – he does it in at one point with his big rig. Car aficionados everywhere should be horrified by this movie indeed.

The original Joyride is one of my favorite horror films/thrillers: lots of tension and though it was a little derivative of The Hitcher and Duel, it had enough originality to keep you guessing as to what happens next. It also had better actors playing more likable characters than the teenage clichés presented here. It also relied mostly on suspense rather than the gratuitous gore thrown in here. I watched the first sequel (even though it was a direct-to-video) and it was pretty bad, but this one is terrible. Rusty Nail is no longer mysterious; he's on full view here and is thus just another slasher killing for no reason (other than being cut off in traffic by one of the characters). In the first film he was genuinely humiliated. But being cut off on the highway doesn't seem like much of a reason to go on a torturing, killing rampage, building elaborate contraptions as part of his revenge. Most people just flip the bird when cut off on the roadway. Time to put the brakes on this series.

A race team is driving to Canada to participate in an auto race. They decide to take a shortcut through a lonely road and when they surpass the truck of Rusty Nail (Ken Kirzinger), the psychopathic trucker hunts the down and captures each one of them to torture and kill."Joy Ride 3" is an awful collection of clichés with the usual stupidities of the characters and situations and omnipresence of the indestructible villain. The car has a flat tire when the driver is not near his friends; the cellular never work when the group is in danger; the group splits and tries to rescue the friend that is in danger instead of calling the police; the killer does not die and is always one step ahead of the group; the girl leaves a safe position to help the good guy and only jeopardizes the situation; the police officers take always the most stupid attitude to die. The good thing is the gore and realistic special effects. In the end, I do not understand why I spent my time watching this predictable garbage. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Perseguição 3 – Correndo para a Morte" ("Pusuit 3 – Running to the Death")