At least as bad as 'Electra'

Rating: 1/10 (17 February 2007)

Wow. I wanted so desperately to like this film. I thought 'Daredevil' was a fun, action-filled movie and given that Mark Steven Johnson also directed this I had faith that all of the negative buzz was not true. I was wrong.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that 99% of everything in this movie was absolutely terrible. Completely awful. The acting is so tremendously bad that it is a wonder how the auditions for this movie went, if they ever happened at all. Eva Mendes, while nice eye candy, is not an actress in any sense of the word. There is no life behind ANYTHING that she says. The kid who plays Blackheart is so unbelievably over the top that every time he appears on screen gives the audience a reason to laugh. Nicholas Cage is, well...Nicholas Cage. 'Nuff said.
The ONLY redeeming part of this movie is the performance of Sam Elliot who is wonderful in everything that he does. He must have gotten a different script than everyone else. Speaking of which, the dialogue in this movie is the most drab, lifeless, second-rate fare that most youth theatre performances could put it to shame.
I'm sorry, but did anyone put forth some semblance of soul into Ghost Rider? The special effects were passable. But even if they were awesome, it would not have mattered. This is a blot on the history of comic book movies. I've never read the comics, but I'm certain that anyone who has would find this film to be about as faithful as Brad Pitt was to Jennifer Aniston.
I can only think of one really good word to sum up 'Ghost Rider' : WASTE.