JOYRIDE, a boring direct-to-video release about some teens who unwittingly steal a hitwoman's car containing a corpse in the trunk, can't decide if it wants to be a slacker character study or a neo-noir crime thriller, coming up woefully short in both departments.
While working as a clerk at his father's cheap motel, J.T. (Tobey Maguire) befriends an aspiring model named Tanya (Amy Hathaway) who's staying there. Tanya is accompanied by her "businessman" father (Adam West), who's using her in a blackmail scheme in which he procures "investors" for her to
seduce and then takes compromising pictures of them. After a night of skinny dipping with Tanya and his friend...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins