Rather boring escapade

Rating: 4/10 (10 March 2012)

It's surprising how a movie filled with hell spawns and a flaming, skeletal avenger can be a dull experience, but there you have it. Ghost Rider proves, that even from the interesting material it is possible to make a lifeless pancake.
Johnny Blaze (Nicholas Cage) is a stunt driver, who in his youth made a deal with Mephistoteles (Peter Fonda), who in exchange of Johnnys soul cures his father of cancer.
Later, after Johnny is older, Mephistoteles comes to collect by turning him into Ghostrider, a bounty hunter of hell, who brings back the escaped dark souls.
Despite there's a lot going on in the movie, like a romance and Blackheart (Wes Bentely) trying to get his hands on a contract that would grant him great powers, not a thing feels like there's anything at stake. Everything is done paint by the numbers and the end result is more boring than exiting. The poor script and mediocre directing don't help at all, when Cage is hamming it up as he goes.
Shame really, as Ghost Rider is one of those characters with potential. He would just need to be portrayed in a bit more darker shades than this.