Michael Ledo The film opens with a five star horror scene with sex, f-bombs, and nudity (Sara Mitch). We discover how much better sex is smoking a glass pipe.. when you have enough. And then road kill. After the credits we get into the main plot as a group of young adults head up to Canada to race their car. They take the infamous Rt. 17 and hit a Rusty Nail (Ken Kirzinger) along the way.The restaurant scene was great with Barry (David Ferry) spouting off his conspiracy theories about Rt. 17 and the waitress (Heather Hueging). After they hit the road and get to the meat of the film, the character dialogue dies and the film degrades into a middle of the road slasher film.The film under utilized Kirsten Prout who I would have loved in that opening scene. She has that Taylor Swift/ Anne Kendrick/Marsha Brady appeal and could have at least showered once.

Coventry Based on no less than 3 sequels in the "Wrong Turn" franchise, 1 sequel in the "Joyride" franchise and 1 bizarre creature-feature experiment called "Sharktopus", I think it's safe to assume that director Declan O'Brien will probably never win any Academy Awards, but you can definitely rest assured that his films deliver lots of deranged monsters/psychopaths, nauseating gore effects and excruciatingly painful on-screen death sequences! And, as I'm sure many horror genre fanatics will agree with me, sometimes those are exactly all the things you require in order to have a good time! Last weekend, I attempted to start watching no less than three other (more ambitious and classier) thrillers, but I was too tired and kept falling asleep. I had almost given up my desire to watch something, but then "Joyride 3" started on television. This movie didn't have any problems whatsoever to keep me awake and entertained, and sometimes that's simply the best possible compliment you can write about a horror movie! The plot of "Joyride 3: Road Kill" – hardly an imaginative subtitle, by the way – is a non-stop spitfire of the most derivative and overused horror clichés. You know, there's even a variation on the good old-fashioned, mad-raving local who tries to warn the dumb kids not to take Highway 17! That scene certainly brought back a lot of fond 80s slasher memories! Every single one of the main and supportive characters are walking & talking stereotypes and the chronological order in which they are most likely to get slaughtered is easy to foretell from the moment they open their mouths. There isn't any tension building whatsoever, lots of stuff doesn't make any sense and there are numerous errors in continuity (unless you're willing to believe that giant cumbersome 18-wheel truck travels quicker than a race car). But the most crucial question to ask here is: does it all matter? No, absolutely positively not! The simple truth is that "Joyride 3" is about a psycho-trucker who goes after a bunch of amateur street racers because they nearly drove him off the road. Well, in all likelihood he was going to go after them even if they didn't drove him off the road. While the group falls apart, our trucker – Rusty Nail – cheerfully massacres them one by one. The cool thing is that he uses his truck or assets the truck as murder weapon, so naturally it gets very messy! If you're a true gorehound, there are some marvelous rewind-sequences here. I like your movies, Mr. Declan O'Brien. That "Sharktopus" thing is an insult to the intellect to every living creature, but the "Wrong Turn" sequels are fun and so is "Joyride 3".

David Roggenkamp 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.

MattyGibbs I enjoyed the first Joyride which was full of tension and very well done. Unfortunately as we already know the perpetrator this one does away with the tension to instead concentrate more on gore. A group of boy racers and assorted girlfriends pick on the wrong lorry to mess with and pay the price. It's all fairly predictable stuff but there are one or two good scenes i.e the opening death scene to keep you interested. At times it is extremely gory with some SAW like scenes which I'm not sure add a great deal to the movie. The acting is what you'd expect, by no means bad but not great either. Overall as long as you don't have high expectations this is an OK time filler but I doubt it's one that will live long in the memory.