Ghost Rider

Rating: 4/10 (13 October 2009)

I saw a trailer and one or two small clips for this film, based on the Marvel comic, I thought it looked entertaining enough, and the critics giving it two stars wasn't going to put me off, directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil). Basically young motorcyclist Johnny Blaze (Matt Long) finds out his father has terminal cancer, and he makes a deal with the Devil, Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda), to take his soul to save his father's life. Not long after, his father is killed in a motorcycle accident, and Johnny rides away from his carnival life, and his girlfriend Roxanne Simpson (Raquel Alessi). Years later, Johnny (Razzie nominated Nicolas Cage) has become a famous motorcycle stuntman, risking his life in many shows, and he meets Roxanne (Eva Mendes) again, she is now a TV reporter. Not long after meeting her again, Johnny finds that he has demonic powers, and can transform to become a bounty hunter known as the "Ghost Rider". Mephistopheles makes a deal with Johnny to give him his soul back if he becomes Ghost Rider and defeats his evil son Blackheart (American Beauty's Wes Bentley), who plans to possess a thousand evil souls and create Hell on Earth. Also starring The Big Lebowski's Sam Elliott as Caretaker, Donal Logue as Mack, Arthur Angel as Officer Edwards and Daniel Frederiksen as Wallow. Cage is an alright anti- hero, but the flames and skull effects are a little unconvincing, the rest of the CGI effects are fairly good, there are some scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat enough as well, but overall it is not the most thrilling action fantasy horror. Okay!