Welcome to Thriller Recapped, Today, I will show you an American Horror Thriller film
called, Joy Ride, Spoilers Ahead, watch out and take care.
The movie begins in California, where Paul Walker, I mean Lewis Thomas chats with his
childhood friend, Venna who’s also his high school crush, on the phone.
Venna shares the news about her breakup, wishing she could leave Colorado and go back to home,
Lewis sees this as an opportunity and he offers to pick up Venna, and drive her to her hometown.
Then next morning, he goes to a used car dealer, and he buys a car.
While traveling on the road, he talks to his mom, his mom tells him the police arrested
Fuller, his older brother, at Salt Lake City because of intoxication while driving.
He then decides to go to Salt Lake City since he’ll use the freeway anyways, while going
to Colorado.
Suddenly, a police officer pulls him over, He writes him a ticket, for taking an unpermitted
U-Turn, and for broken taillight.
Eventually, Lewis makes it to Salt Lake City, and he goes to the police station, he then
bails Fuller out of jail, who then joins him on his road trip.
Lewis makes a stop at the gas station, to call Venna for an update.
On the other hand, Fuller watches the mechanic installing the CB Radio, he haggles for a
lower price.
On the road, Fuller uses the CB Radio to prank a truck driver named Rusty Nail, he persuades
Lewis to pretend as a woman named Candy Cane to fool Rusty.
At first, Lewis is hesitant, but eventually he goes along with the joke.
Later that night, the brothers arrive at a motel to sleep, Fuller goes to the desk to
check-in for a room, but along the way, he bumps into the cranky businessman giving hard
time to desk clerk.
In the car, Lewis hears Rusty calling for Candy Cane, Fuller enters, and he rants about
the rude businessman, then Lewis informs his brother that the Simp trying to talk on radio.
Once again, Fuller pushes his brother to continue the prank, they ask Rusty to bring a pink
champagne bottle, and meet up in room number 17, during midnight.
It turns out Room 17 is the room of that cranky businessman.
While both the brothers comfortably rest in room 18, when suddenly Lewis hears a noise
despite heavy rainfall, so they turn off the lights and television to listen from Rusty,
who arrived at the next door.
Fuller softly laughs because the prank they did is going well, they hear the cranky businessman
getting mad, then they leave silently when Lewis hears someone gasping for air, they
assumed it must be Rusty getting hurt by the grumpy businessman.
Lewis immediately calls the desk clerk to check up on room 17, then the desk clerk updates
them, and informs them that man in room 17 is doing okay.
The following day, the brothers wake up from the sound of cops parking around the motel.
The officer interrogates Fuller outside on what they heard that night, he attempts to
imitate the gasping sound, but Lewis comes out to ask what’s happening.
The police officer clarifies that the businessman named Ronald is the victim, and that cops
found him lying face splat on the highway.
To help the brothers understand the situation, the police officer takes both of them to the
hospital, they see Ronald in a state of coma, and his jaw cleanly ripped out.
Out of conscience, Lewis confesses the prank and involvement of Rusty nail in the crime.
Sheriff Ritter confronts the brothers about their little game, and he demands the brothers
to leave the town immediately.
Later that night, the brothers drive away from town.
Then suddenly, Rusty returns to the CB Radio looking for Candy Cane, Lewis wakes up Fuller
who’s asleep, he then tells Fuller to put an end to the prank, but Fuller continues
his act.
Then Lewis grabs the mic to admit that the call is a prank, and that there’s no girl
involved at all.
Rusty demands them to apologize, but Fuller insults him instead, then suddenly, Rusty
notes the brothers to fix the taillight, hinting he is following them and he saw their broken
tail light, Fuller goes silent and turns around while Lewis sets the rear-view mirror, there
are trucks and cars behind them, and Fuller advises Lewis to calm down.
Lewis looks at the dashboard, and he sees the fuel gauge where the arrow is slowly dropping
to empty.
Fuller panics, but Lewis assures him that they’ll stop at a gas station in Laramie
County.
But on the road, they see Laramie is still far, the brothers quickly search for another
gas station, and they steer right from the main road.
Luckily, there’s a gas station, Fuller goes to fill the gas, while Lewis goes inside to
call Sheriff Ritter.
However, the Sheriff is inaccessible.
Outside, Fuller spots an ice truck parked nearby.
Panic surges in him and he immediately signals Lewis, he then sees a truck driver entering
the store with a bat.
Lewis, who stiffly goes to the cashier, gives his MasterCard to pay and then he rushes outside.
Lewis enters his car and quickly drives away, the truck driver runs outside too, and he
follows them.
Lewis drives the car, but they almost collide with a Peterbilt truck.
Due to fear, Lewis fails to notice the “dead end” sign.
Behind them, the ice truck chases them even off-road, Lewis stops at the fence, and so
does the truck.
It turns out the truck driver just wants to return, Lewis’s MasterCard he left in rush.
The brothers sigh in relief, and the truck driver returns to his vehicle, both the brothers
exit the car to catch their breath, when suddenly a Peterbilt truck crashes through the ice
truck.
The brothers get back to their vehicle, and push through the gate.
They chase around in the field until Lewis’s car hits a tree, where his wheels get stuck
on the small pit.
The Peterbilt truck happens to be Rusty’s vehicle, he slowly crushes Lewis’s car on
the tree, and Fuller sets aside his pride, he grabs the mic and apologizes to him.
Rusty laughs and reverses his truck slowly, he then announces that he’s just making
fun of the brothers, just like they did to him.
The following day, the brothers believe they’re free from danger, they return to the gas station,
where they bought the CB Radio, and Lewis gets his taillight fixed.
While traveling to Colorado, Fuller uninstalls the CB Radio and throws it away on the road.
Finally, the brothers reach Venna’s dorm, and Lewis fetches her.
Before leaving, the brothers meet Charlotte.
She’s a roommate of Venna for upcoming school year, then they enjoy a night out at a bar.
Eventually, they stop at a motel for a night’s rest, Lewis immediately sleeps while Fuller
visits Venna’s separate room for a drink.
Suddenly, Lewis wakes up from the ringing phone, he answers the call, and worries fall
over him when he hears what Rusty says.
I thought you said there’s no girl, Lewis tries to convince him that there’s no girl.
Rusty rebuts, then what’s she doing in the other room with your brother.
He then goes to Venna’s rented room in sports mode, to inform Venna and Fuller.
The three of them then dash to the car and leave the motel.
On the road, while Lewis explains to Venna about everything what’s happening, Fuller
notices that the signs have painted words saying, Look in the trunk, Lewis.
Fuller pulls over the car in middle of the road, to open the trunk.
The brothers hesitate to open it, but Venna insists on checking the content, inside, they
find the CB Radio Fuller thrown away earlier.
Then they install the CB Radio again with no choice, they plan to report everything
to cops, but then Rusty calls them to make the three hear Charlotte’s crying voice,
he’s holding her as a hostage, the brothers are left with no choice, but to follow his
demands, he then instructs the three to go to State Line Truck parking lot, he threatens
them further that if they involve cops, he’ll mutilate Charlotte’s body.
The following day, the three wait for Rusty’s further instruction at the said parking lot,
he then instructs them to enter the restaurant naked, and then order food for themselves.
While the brothers head into the restaurant, Rusty explains to Venna, who’s left in the
car, it’s a lesson for them to learn about pain and embarrassment.
Later at night, they follow Rusty’s instruction to go to a cornfield, he then re-directs them
to go outside the car, and walk a hundred steps.
At first, Fuller opposes the order, but Venna reminds them that Rusty has Charlotte.
So, they walk outside and wait for the surprise Rusty mentioned.
Behind them, they hear Rusty’s truck driving towards them, with no intention to stop.
So, they run in sports mode to cornfield, and they hide under the tall plantation.
Rusty recklessly drives over the cornfield, searching for the three, they go around and
around the field until they begin to disperse.
The three of them separate, leaving each of them alone, Rusty parks the truck in the middle
of the cornfield.
The three of them in their hiding places, try to whispery call each other.
Unfortunately, Rusty abducts Venna, who’s hiding nearby his parked truck.
From afar, Lewis and Fuller see Rusty’s truck driving away, Relieved, both the brothers
finally reunite.
Only to realize that Rusty took Venna with him.
At the end of the cornfield, they see smoke rising, the brothers head towards the smoke,
and they see Lewis’s car on fire.
On the CB Radio, they hear Venna screaming for help, on the driver’s seat is a pink
champagne waiting.
Desperate enough, Lewis sells themselves, saying they’ll do anything he wants, in
exchange for Venna’s safety.
So, Rusty directs the brothers to meet him in a motel, at Medford City, and to bring
along the pink champagne with them.
Rusty wants to return the prank the brothers did to him.
With no car, Fuller and Lewis go to a nearby motel and steal a car, then they arrive to
Medford, but they’re confused as they see a lot of motels.
Rusty didn’t specify which motel it was, but only the room number 17.
While brothers search for the right motel, Rusty tapes Venna to the chair, and covers
her mouth with tape and he fixes her chair to the floor.
Later, he creates a trap, where a tape line connects the doorknob and the shotgun’s
trigger.
So, when the doorknob opens, it will trigger the weapon pointing at Venna, killing her
on the spot.
After setting up the trap, Rusty calls the cops to report the dead bodies.
Finally, the brothers arrive at the right motel, but when they enter room number 17,
no one is inside.
Then the telephone rings, and Lewis answers it, Rusty asks them on how it feels to be
on receiver’s end, he shows them how it feels to be played.
Lewis, who’s in no mood to joke, realizes that Venna is in room 18, Fuller goes to the
back and sees her through the window.
Unfortunately, Rusty spots him and he locks Fuller’s head in his arm.
He covers Fuller’s mouth, while they watch Lewis about to open the door.
Luckily, Fuller breaks free from Rusty and he immediately shouts at Lewis, don’t open
the door.
Fuller stumbles on the wall fence, and he sees metal pierced on his right thigh, Lewis
goes to the back, he watches the truck driving away and finds Fuller hanging on the wall
fence.
Lewis carefully assists, then the brothers hear the arrival of police, surrounding the
motel, they listen to them shouting the room numbers, Lewis rushes to room 18, to save
Venna.
Luckily, he saves her from the shotgun, after the cops break inside.
The officers think the culprit is Lewis, while their guns are pointed at him, Lewis knows
they will not listen, so he lures the police officers outside through the window.
From uphill, Rusty’s truck appears, he straightly drives to injured Fuller.
However, Lewis arrives on time, and he helps Fuller to set free from being stuck.
He then tells the officers to shoot the truck down.
Their bullets poke through the moving truck’s windshield, the truck is about to crush them,
but Lewis successfully removes Fuller from the way, and he quickly moves out of the way
as well.
The truck slams to room 18, leaving a hole, then the officers investigate, and they find
the truck driver dead, and at the back is the alive Charlotte with a gag on her mouth.
The movie ends with both the brothers, and both the girls are safe and sound in an ambulance.
However, they find out that the dead body is of the truck driver, who returned Lewis’s
MasterCard earlier, it turns out when Rusty crushed his ice truck in past, he killed him
in the process, and then he planted the body of that driver, to make his own escape, while
the group rests in the ambulance, they hear Rusty’s voice coming from ambulance’s
CB Radio.
They learn that he’s still alive out there, freely roaming.
And the movie ends, let me know if you’ll want to watch the rest of the 2 parts in this
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