Review of Joyride

Joyride (1977) is a movie I recently watched off Amazon Prime. This classic focuses on three best friends who pool their money together and decide to move to Alaska, get jobs, continue to add to their pool of money, and become successful salmon fishermen. They failed to understand how expensive everything was in Alaska and their plan quickly begins unraveling. This movie is directed by Joseph Ruben (Dreamscape) and stars Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds), Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), Anne Lockhart (Aliens vs Predator) and Desi Arnaz Jr. (House of Long Shadows). The storyline for this is awesome and in line with similar films from this genre like Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. The car scenes are fun but the characters are so well cast, written and executed. I really enjoyed every character. Some of the storyline and circumstances are tough, some of the decision making is bad, and most of this is sad, but I still loved the characters and grit of this film. This is really an underrated movie that is a must see and grindhouse gem. I'd score this a solid 8-8.5/10.