![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Too dark and long to be considered a silly, fun, little guilty pleasure, but too self-concious and non-sensical to be realistic. I think another major problem is that it aims for 'quirk" and ends up with "cheese". Don't get me wrong, I know I bitch about "effects-driven" a lot, but sometimes it works fine, it's just that Ghost Rider has absolutely no staying power, there's really nothing to it that would make me recommend it to a friend. Ghost Rider strikes me as the sort of comic that didn't need a whole lot of chopping to translate well to the big screen, unfortunately, director Mark Steven Johnson neglected all that, and went for a full on self-made, effects-drive flop. Rating: PG-13 (Horror Violence|Disturbing Images)Ĭhoc full of wannabe Western-isms and expected cheese, Ghost Rider is a foray into not-a-whole-lot. As the only one who can walk in both worlds, Johnny is charged by Mephistopheles (Donal Logue) himself to destroy Blackheart (Wes Bentley), a demon that wants to overthrow Mephistopheles and create a worse hell than the one that currently exists. Now, he transforms into a fiery, avenging agent of justice at night wherever evil roams. Years ago, motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sold his soul to save the life of a loved one. ![]()
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