3.9 Score

2009 • 1h 31min • Unrated • Horror, Thriller, Crime

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

"Detours can be deadly."

While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...

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Director

Louis Morneau

Writers

James Robert Johnston

Bennett Yellin

J.J. Abrams

Composer

Joe Kraemer

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Nicki Aycox

Melissa

Nick Zano

Bobby

Kyle Schmid

Nik

Daniel Boileau

Bald Trucker

Laura Jordan

Kayla

Mark Gibbon

Rusty Nail

Krystal Vrba

lézard

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Serveuse

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Nicki Aycox Melissa

Nick Zano Bobby

Kyle Schmid Nik

Daniel Boileau Bald Trucker

Laura Jordan Kayla

Mark Gibbon Rusty Nail

Krystal Vrba lézard

Kathryn Kirkpatrick Serveuse

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