Marvel should be ashamed of themselves!

Rating: 1/10 (4 September 2008)

Now I have been a huge fan of superhero movies ever since I was a small boy, when I first saw Superman, but I am also more a movie fan than I am a superhero fan. Now this movie is not only the worst superhero movie ever, it is, in my opinion, one of the most lazy, sloppily filmed movies in the history of Hollywood.
This movie is so poorly directed, so tasteless and carelessly stitched together it is absolutely dreadful to lay human eyes upon. Complete with numerous plot holes, a cheesy, uninspired script full of overly clichéd dialog and lazy, slow paced action scenes with lackluster special effects.
The storyline is so poorly conceived it makes me wonder what Mark Steven Johnson was thinking when he wrote this movie, how someone could have such a lack of common sense. For example, after the Johnny Blaze's first transformation into the Ghost Rider, he goes on a fiery rampage through the city, leaving a path of massive destruction as well as Johnny's license plate (which for some reason remained normal when the rest of the bike transformed)and later on when investigating, a cop finds Johnny's plate lying in the debris, and somehow is able to pinpoint blame on Johnny despite all the other wreckage in the street. Wow, this guy must be some super-cop to come up with such a precise conclusion with very circumstantial evidence, they ought to make a movie bout him!
I must of course acknowledge the rather lame performances of Nicolas Cage, who doesn't give his cheesy lines any justice, Eva Mendes who I feel was only cast not for acting talent but as a pair of publicity breast to appeal to male audiences, and Wes Bentley who in no way is menacing enough to play a convincing evil entity. But then again I can't really blame them, actors just do what the director tells them.
After the lousy job Mark Steven Johnson did with Dare Devil, I must acknowledge Marvel's stupidity in re-hiring him, for this guy is the Uwe Boll of superhero movies. Every passing second of this abomination makes me believe that Mark Steven Johnson spent the majority of his time in film school chugging beer and smoking weed at frat parties.