Joyride

November. 18,1997      R
Rating:
5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A bored motel clerk and his buddies go for a little joy ride in a woman's car. They don't realize until it is too late that she is a paid assassin and that her latest victim is in the trunk. Thus begins the clerk's descent into a shadowy world of lies and murder.

Tobey Maguire as  J.T.
Amy Hathaway as  Tanya
Wilson Cruz as  James
Adam West as  Harold
Benicio del Toro as  Detective Lopez
James Karen as  The Client / Mayor
Steven Gilborn as  Arthur
Judson Mills as  Redneck Joey

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Reviews

Cubussoli
1997/11/18

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Pacionsbo
1997/11/19

Absolutely Fantastic

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Tymon Sutton
1997/11/20

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Zlatica
1997/11/21

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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kirk-246
1997/11/22

Tobey Maguire goes from swing from webs to stealing an assassins car in 'Joyride', a rather underrated feature that has a lot of potential and didn't disappoint.Know that this movie is not at all like 'Spider-man'.What I'm saying is that 'Spider-man' was a kid targeted movie about an ordinary teenager who goes from zero to hero.In 'Joyride', he and his friends steal an assassins car and they discover a dead body in the trunk.While they try to deal with this problem, the owner of the car finds out that it was stolen and she will stop at nothing to get it back.Kids absolutely loved Tobey Maguire's performance in 'Spider-man'.This movie will definitely change their minds once they see it.He even uses the F-word a couple of times. and has sex with his girlfriend in the car.I was absolutely shocked and kids will be too.Still, that's not to say that the movie isn't in the least bit entertaining.I enjoyed the ride, and if you like Tobey Maguire and movies with interesting twists, then you should enjoy it too.

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iansmiler-2
1997/11/23

Do not go out of your way to see this movie it was awful, Tobey is such a good actor and to see that this well he had to start somewhere but this was terrible i bought this when it came out on DVD and i paid 20 bucks for it. Being honest i wouldn't suggest you to watch it unless you get paid to watch it. I was looking forward to this so much and was let down it looked great but in reality it was crap well at least Tobey did make great movies like seasbuiscuit and spider-man. I was never let down as much as this in any movie at all except for oceans twelve but what a bad bad f*cking s*it movie you can watch it of course but i wouldn't suggest i would rate this 1.5/10.

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Andy
1997/11/24

After having watched Benicio Del Toro in some brilliant and engrossing roles, i decided id give 'Joyride' a watch. Toby Maguire isn't one of my favourite actors, and I've often found him to be a fairly boring, and in the hands of a movie such as this, Maguire is stretched far beyond his limits. The story is laughable for all the wrong reasons, and the movie plods on and on, without many scenes of any real depth. Del Toro is also slacking, mostly mumbling his way through the terrible script. As if all this wasn't bad enough, the movies production and soundtrack kill what little merit 'Joyride' had. I've tried to think of some good points to raise, but upon reflection, there are non.3/10

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Zantara Xenophobe
1997/11/25

I wasn't going to comment on this movie, but something has been bothering me about this since I watched it a few weeks ago. First off, let me state that I rented this because I wanted to see Adam West, who I always have liked and think should be in more big movies. The only people who were any good in this movie were West and Wilson Cruz (and maybe James Karen, but that short scene is hard to judge). Everyone else was just awful, particularly Tobey Maguire and Benicio Del Toro. Maguire is always smug and annoying. He's certainly one of the stupidest protagonists I have ever seen. Del Toro is really lazy here, mumbling his lines and giving nothing to his part. Hard to believe this is the same guy I saw in `Traffic' last year. And Quinton Peeples doesn't help much when it comes to his writing. Some of his directing is nice, but it can't cover up the weakness of his pen.All that said, let me get to what is bothering me: the opening scene. There is a short scene where we see Maguire and Amy Hathaway helping a dazed and confused Adam West to his feet. I assumed this was a foreshadowing of a final scene. Yet this is not exactly what happens in the film's real end. SPOILER ALERT. Instead, West is arrested by Del Toro. This scene really seems tacked on because the man getting into the police car isn't really West, but some stunt double and we hear West's voice muttering how he is innocent. Peeples must have rewritten something, either by his own accord or by order of a producer or executive, yet he left in the opening scene which does not fit in with the rewrite. END OF SPOILER ALERT Anyway, that was really troubling me. If you watch it, check out the opening scene and try to make sense out of it in conjunction with the rest of the film. I sure can't figure it out. Zantara's score: 4 out of 10. Thanks, Adam, for trying and making this a little better than what it would have otherwise been.

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