Review of Joy Ride (2012) by Jared K — 28 Dec 2007

Very engaging thriller. Paul Walker is awesome and Steve Zahn delivers his trademark sidesplitters.

This review of Joy Ride (2012) was written by Jared K on 28 Dec 2007.

Joy Ride has generally received positive reviews.

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