Rusty nail joy ride 311/30/2022 ![]() ![]() The car chases, stunts, engine growls, blood splatter, and dialogue all come through with pristine clarity on this HD track. The engineers at 20 th Century Fox have provided a fantastic 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio track for Joy Ride 3. Black levels are deep and inky, the golden-hued color scheme remains intact and consistent, and fine object detail is near perfect, providing for a great visual experience in High Definition. Though I wasn’t very enthusiastic about the film itself, there is no denying that 20 th Century Fox has provided a stellar transfer of Joy Ride 3. Though Joy Ride 3 will likely please the fan-base, for me, it seemed repetitive and unoriginal in its execution. Ken Kirzinger does a fine job playing the villain here, and we get to see more of the character than we did in previous outings. The script is severely lacking, and even though the genre doesn’t command a David Mamet type treatment for the film, the dialogue could have used some polishing. But this just isn’t my type of Horror film at the end of the day. Between a semi-fan dicing up a face, chains squeezing someone to death, and multiple vehicular related accidents, there is plenty to cringe at. ![]() I will fully admit that die-hard fans of the series will enjoy this film’s genuine practical gore effects, cheesy one-liners from Rusty Nail, and well choreographed “kill” scenes. The main bulk of the plot centers on the lead getting his kidnapped girlfriend back from the clutches of Rusty Nail. As is typical with the genre, our maniac trucker hunts the crew down, providing for plenty of gore and mayhem. On their way they encounter Rusty Nail and his sinister semi, challenging him to some high-speed hijinks, not knowing whom they’re dealing with. ![]() The story picks up with a group of young street-racers and their girlfriends embarking on a cross-country road trip to the Road Rally 1000. In one of the few thrilling sequences in the film, Rusty chains the couple to the hood of his semi, informing them that all they have to do is survive one mile of his driving, and not only will he let them go, but he’ll reward them with some of his “stash.” It’s a shame that this intense scene ends so unbelievably that viewers will be left shaking their head. When the trucker shows up, of course, it’s none other than Rusty Nail. In the opening moments of the film, a crack-addicted couple devises a plan to rob a random trucker of their imagined “stash” by having the female invite them over via CB radio. The direct-to-video sequel served as nothing more than shot-on-the-cheap cash-in entertainment, and unfortunately, Joy Ride 3: Road Kill is more of the same. Abrams was fresh and fun, the performances were earnest for the genre, and the thrills were genuine. Sure, it was a knockoff of Duel, but the script from J.J. I actually enjoyed the first Joy Ride film when it was released. ![]()
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