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Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Paul Walker, Steve Zhan
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Joy Ride
Two brothers trick a truck driver into a fake date. The Trucker doesn't like the prank and sets out to hunt down the guys. Meanwhile the brothers pick up a friend of theirs who is now brought into the problem. The trucker now will stop at nothing to get revenge on the guys.
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Analysis of Joy Ride
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%



Time/Era of Movie: - present (2000-2010)
Horror film? Yes
Horror Plotlets: - mad guy with knife likes to slice

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair style - short/standard curly (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Body type - muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - Bulging muscles
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets? - 2 ()
Kind of violence: - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
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