1 trick film

Rating: 3/10 (24 February 2007)

I knew nothing about the ghost rider comic strip apart from the fact that it existed before I watched this. It was purely the trailers for the movie that made me want to see this.
If you've seen the trailers then you've seen the best parts of the film. Once you've seen him become Ghost Rider once and seen ghost rider do his thing then you've pretty much seen the film as it's quite definitely a 1 trick pony.
This film could have had anyone playing Ghost Rider, I assume Nick Cage is a fan.
Cage plays Johnny Blaze, a fairground stunt rider who sells his soul to The Devil to save his father from cancer. For all of less than 24 hours. Tip 1, if your dealing with the Devil - state specifics! He is called to be the Ghost Rider when The Devil can no longer control his own son and sends ghost rider to send his son back to hell.
The visuals of the film are amazing, but you can't build a film just on how cool it looks or the "wow" factor. It needs plot and story and this just doesn't have enough of that.
I assume Cage decides to not regain his humanity at the end of the film to leave this open to a sequel. Which would be a very bad idea.
Enjoy the visuals, ignore the rubbish and paper thin plot.