Death Ride (2006) Reviews

• Horrible movie

  J_Kershaw19792006-08-05

  I have to say that this is one of the most horrible movies I have ever seen. Now, I understand that low-budget movies are not usually as good as a big-budget movie, but this was just bad. The main guy, Greg, was portrayed by an actor that did a horrible job of showing any of the emotions that he should have been showing throughout the movie. There was absolutely no explanation for what was happened except for some cryptic comments made by Yumi. On Yumi, while she is a very attractive woman, she doesn't possess the language skills necessary to pull off the role. Somebody left a comment that this movie is like "The Ring." The only way you could compare this to "The Ring" is to say that they both are horror movies with Japanese people in them. "The Ring" kept you guessing what was happening, this movie had me guessing how much longer I had to suffer through it.

• The Long and Boring Road

  claudio_carvalho2008-05-30

  The photographer Greg Ross (Rand Gamble) has an argument with his wife Amanda (Laura Putney) about his affair with the Japanese model Yumi (Hinano Yoshikawa) and he accidentally kills her. He decides to get rid off Amanda's body dumping it in the Black Lake. While driving in a road during the night, Greg recalls moments of his relationship with Amanda and Yumi and is haunted by their ghosts, driving him insane with a tragic conclusion. The feature "Death Ride" is a long and boring journey to insanity through the guilty complex of a character that becomes delusional, blending reality and imagination. The eerie story could be a good short, but the director used a slow pace to make the movie last 84 minutes running time; as the consequence, I found it too long and repetitive, apparently going nowhere for a long time. In addition, the accent of Hinano Yoshikawa is terrible. My vote is three. Title (Brazil): "De Carona Com a Morte" ("Riding with Death")

• It must be Thanksgiving right now....

  freelybound2006-08-08

  ...because this is the biggest turkey i have ever seen in my life. This doesn't even hit the heights of the old b horror movies from the 50's...come to think of it, it doesn't even rate as high as the Z movies from that era. The plot was one of the weakest i have ever seen. The acting didn't just stink, it reeked of the worst sewage to the power of 10. The only good acting was of the corpse, and i am sure that most of the time that was a dummy. The special effects were non existent, and the most expensive thing i can see they spent out of the budget was perhaps for the rental cars they may have used. Let me save you time and money..don't go see this. You will never have those 90 odd minutes back, and there are far greater things you could do with your time, like cleaning out the kitty litter box, having a root canal for fun, or how about plucking nose hairs? Any of these will be far more gratifying than seeing this bomb. This movie isn't even worth seeing for free. I think it's a shame that there isn't a minus rating on here because it would have gotten the highest (or is that lowest) minus rating i could give it. Actually..i would tell you all what i really think of this movie if it weren't for the fact that what i would have to say would get the post deleted.

• As bad as it gets!

  alecsz992006-08-05

  When I first decided to see this movie I wasn't expecting much, I have to admit. But I wasn't expecting something as bad either! The movie makes no sense, it has no real plot, it gets boring from the very beginning and the acting...Oh, the acting! The situations the characters get into make no real sense and worst of all (as it is supposed to be a horror movie) it is not one bit scary. Stay away from this one, use your time and money for something else. Even siting down on a chair and staring at the wall in front of you will be more rewarding then watching this. I have seen some bad movie but I haven't seen one as bad as this one in some time!

• Wow, What can I say...?

  MsMamaBaby12006-08-06

  You'd better prepare to be driven insane because that's what this movie will leave you feeling...INSANE... and angry that you began watching it in the first place. Based on the summary of this movie, I was expecting cults, witches and the like but no such luck. I sat there for an hour and a half waiting on the 'good stuff'...well, it never happened. What a waste. Not even enough about the plot of the movie to comment on it without telling the the premise of the movie and spoiling what little is left for future viewers to balk at. I would, though, advise against anyone else suffering through this movie and its long, drawn-out, thinly veiled attempt at horror. I gave it 3 stars simply because, well, it tried. But try it might, it failed. Watch this if you must but remember, that'll be 90 minutes you can never get back.