Another groupie for "Hulk" and "Daredevil" in some cases.

Rating: 5/10 (28 March 2007)

I didn't really know who Ghost Rider was. I knew he was from Marvel, but I just didn't recognize him, so after researching him on Wikipedia, I grew to like the story and I wanted my dad and me to go and see it.
After the awesome opening movie with the story of the Ghost Rider, you are introduced to Johnny Blaze, who starts out as a teenager who signs away his soul to save his father from cancer. Unfortunately, the Devil decides to play dirty and makes his father die in a 'freak' motorcycle accident. After breaking the heart of his girlfriend and leaving his dreams behind, we find Johnny several years later, all grown up and is a professional motorcycle stunts man. After spending more than 20 minutes of the movie showing Johnny going after his old girlfriend, Roxanne, you are finally given the point to the movie.
Mephisto's (the Devil) son has broken free from Hell and now wants his own kingdom. Unfortunately, it's on Earth. The Devil then calls upon his bounty hunter, Ghost Rider (aka. Johnny) and in one of my favorite introductions, you are given Mr. Flamey Skull! Yay! Fight fight fight! Awesome special effects! Annnnnd . . . Johnny turns back to normal.
This is the biggest flaw in the movie: the fact that the scenes when Johnny is human become SO boring! I was sitting there, ready to shout "Shut the heck up and get back to Ghost Rider!" It's like mixing a soap opera with a Spawn movie. The reason why the human scenes are so lousy is because there is hardly anything going on during these times that add to the plot. Only the fight scenes and parts with Ghost Rider actually drive (no pun intended) the story forward.
There is no possible way, in Hell or Earth, that "Ghost Rider" will live up to becoming as famous as "Spider Man", "Spider Man 2", and the obvious block buster hit "Spider Man 3". It is a tad better than "Daredevil" in forms of special effects and action scenes, but is also down near "Hulk" territory because of the boring human script. Only when Ghost Rider is out on the field that you will begin to eat your popcorn in excitement and then, you get to take a nice nap afterwards and wake back up to see more cool special effects. People would just eat up CG effects will go nuts for this movie, but are probably looking forward to having that gourmet meal that is "Spider Man 3". Anyone who just wants to see another Marvel movie, give it a try and give it your own opinion.