Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- sadistic
- gritty
- late night horror marathon
- extreme horror night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rusty Nail uses a desolate shortcut, trucks, and the racers' vehicles as instruments and arenas of attack.
Rusty Nail pursues and punishes the street racers while presenting his actions as responses to injustice.
After the encounter turns sour, Rusty tracks and teases the racers until they reach the end of the road.
The plot foregrounds Rusty's teasing, tracking, and torture of the hotheaded racers.
Films like Joy Ride 3, and why
Joy Ride
shares survival horror, vehicular pursuit, isolated roads, and a sadistic killer stalking a group of young adults
The Hitcher
shares backwoods road terror, relentless pursuit, and graphic slasher violence centered on a trucker-like killer
Duel
shares road rage, trapped travelers, escalating pursuit, and gritty survival-horror tension
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
shares a group of young people hunted by a grotesque rural killer through a hostile landscape
Movie Details
- Director
- Declan O'Brien
- Release Date
- 2014-06-03
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (253)
Cast
- Ken Kirzinger
- Jesse Hutch
- Benjamin Hollingsworth
- Gianpaolo Venuta
- Jake Manley
- Kirsten Zien
- Leela Savasta
- Sara Mitich
- J. Adam Brown
- James Durham
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Joy Ride 3 about?
- A street-racing crew takes a shortcut into the hunting ground of Rusty Nail, a truck-driving avenger who turns road rage into a brutal survival ordeal.
- What is Joy Ride 3 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Joy Ride 3 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Joy Ride 3 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Joy Ride 3 as graphic.
- Which films are like Joy Ride 3?
- Films with a similar feel include Joy Ride, The Hitcher, Duel, and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.
- How long is Joy Ride 3?
- Joy Ride 3 runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Joy Ride 3?
- In United States, Joy Ride 3 is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Apple TV Store.
