Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThree teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees hostage.Three teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees hostage.Three teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees hostage.
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This is a difficult video to find which is just as well. I had searched for 15 years wanting to view the film I saw in 1977 with a soundtrack from ELO (Electric Light Orchestra). When I recently found a video store that specializes in obscure videos, I rented it and Vestron Video (now out of business) had released this road-pic as "Joyride-special video edition"...now that sounded to me like it was going to better than the original. What it meant was that they had removed all of the ELO music from the soundtrack, then cheaply dubbed a new soundtrack. The story in a word is boring. It would only be worth renting if (like me) you wanted to hear the ELO soundtrack again. It was interesting to see Melanie Griffith and Robert Carradine in their younger days. The clerk at the video store said this title hadn't been rented in five years!
HOWEVER, a few years later....I have found a copy of the video (thanks to ebay)that was intact with the ORIGINAL soundtrack as released on video in the U.K. Seeing the movie again with its original soundtrack made it a pleasure.
HOWEVER, a few years later....I have found a copy of the video (thanks to ebay)that was intact with the ORIGINAL soundtrack as released on video in the U.K. Seeing the movie again with its original soundtrack made it a pleasure.
I found this watchable in the sense that it passed the time. As for if it had an entertaining story and engaging character, uh-uh. It's hard to sympathize with these youths because they seem too arrogant, and also unbelievably naive at times. As for the story, it doesn't seem to know where it's going. First we see the youths struggle, then we see them get involved with a big plan, then their subsequent escape, then... well, the movie after that point has even less of a clue what to do. To top it off, there's no real ending. The "joy" comes from the producers who took ticket-buyers on a "ride" - though I doubt this sold many tickets.
This movie, unfortunately, brings up some of where I grew up. Basically we have some late teens or early twenties on road trip. ( The actors are older than that but I think that's what they're trying to represent).
So they steal cars and wreck them. Also they had a hostage situation but it ended up with the girl being okay as a matter of fact she kind of joined them.
I grew up in a low rent place and the people in this movie reminded me of the people I grew up with. Not much morals. But steal a few things. Even the adults where I grew up stole things or cheated people. Yeah I grew up in a low rent town in Upstate New York and that's what this movie reminded me of.
Also they wrecked a couple of nice cars including a '68 Dodge Charger and what I believe is a 68 Mercury Cougar. Of course they're all classics today. Just a one-time watch for me.
So they steal cars and wreck them. Also they had a hostage situation but it ended up with the girl being okay as a matter of fact she kind of joined them.
I grew up in a low rent place and the people in this movie reminded me of the people I grew up with. Not much morals. But steal a few things. Even the adults where I grew up stole things or cheated people. Yeah I grew up in a low rent town in Upstate New York and that's what this movie reminded me of.
Also they wrecked a couple of nice cars including a '68 Dodge Charger and what I believe is a 68 Mercury Cougar. Of course they're all classics today. Just a one-time watch for me.
Hey, it's Joyride, starring the son of Desi Arnaz, a son of John Carradine, and the wife of Antonio Banderas!
Well, these wacky kids could sure pull crimes and escape local bar patrons, business owners and the police with ease, alright
But there was always ONE horrible thing they could NEVER escape from:
All that lousy ELO music!!!
Yes, regardless of what state they drove to, what restaurant, bar or car radio that played music, mainly only ONE thing kept blaring out of those poor little speakers:
ELO! ELO! ELO!
Now THAT was some scary stuff!
Well, these wacky kids could sure pull crimes and escape local bar patrons, business owners and the police with ease, alright
But there was always ONE horrible thing they could NEVER escape from:
All that lousy ELO music!!!
Yes, regardless of what state they drove to, what restaurant, bar or car radio that played music, mainly only ONE thing kept blaring out of those poor little speakers:
ELO! ELO! ELO!
Now THAT was some scary stuff!
Nothing to see here in this poor attempt at a car chase/on-the-lamb drama, which plays more like a wannabe produced by Columbia Picture's heir Bruce Curtis, and starring 4 children of Hollywood stars. Dezi Arnaz Jr., Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith, and Anne Lockhart. Film has a run-of-the-mill opening with catchy Electric Light Orchestra tunes introducing us to the uneventful lives of some 3 uninteresting late teen/early 20 somethings longing for something more (Arnaz Jr. Carradine, Griffith). They hatch a rather vague plan to head north to Alaska, something about owning a fishing boat. After landing less-than-desirable blue collar jobs in the cold North, these three upset the wrong people and end up on the lamb with an employee of the top corporation around (Lockhart...the only interesting cast member/character). The film flies south from it's already low standing by this point and there is never an absolution to what these brats want, nor is there any tact in how they go about trying to achieve it. The writing is terribly unmemorable, and the story is never completely clear. Director Ruben has no style in how he captures this uneventful series of even more so pedestrian events. Producer Curtis pulls out all the stops to deliver a product with car chases, sex, drugs, and rock n roll. SNORE. It is simply an afterthought cocktail of left-over iconographic elements which fit so awkwardly into it's own bowl of dry, tasteless crumbs. PASS.
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- WissenswertesAll 4 main actors are children of famous parents. Anne Lockhart - June Lockhart, Desi Arnaz Jr. - Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball, Robert Carradine - John Carradine, Melanie Griffith - Tippi Hedren.
- PatzerThe surveillance camera in the pawn shop is in the upper corner of the room yet the still shot of John distributed to law enforcement is shot from waist level.
- Alternative VersionenAll home video releases have an alternate soundtrack which replaces the music originally composed for the theatrical release by Electric Light Orchestra.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Trailer Trauma V: 70s Action Attack! (2020)
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