But whereNo Hard Feelingsdipped a toe into raunch,Joy Ridecannonballs straight in.
Vomit is spewed, drugs are shoved in bodily orifices, threesomes are had with professional basketball players.
(Baron Davis has a role as himself.)
Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park, Sabrina Wu, and Sherry Cola in ‘Joy Ride’.Ed Araquel/Lionsgate
The four leads have an easy chemistry.
Cola is also a charming hurricane of chaos, a lascivious foil to Park’s strait-laced Audrey.
Also, not every gag works.
(c’mon, a moratorium on scenes where someone accidentally does cocaine!)
But even among all the sex jokes and vulgar one-liners,Joy Rideboasts a real beating heart.
