A Moderate Marvel Adaption

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2007)

At first, I had little expectations for Nicholas Cage being Ghost Rider and I found that many others agreed. The Ghost Rider Comics are famous and just like Spiderman and X-Men, to make an adaption out of it requires a lot of work. It's not something you can just slap on the big screen; both longtime fans and newcomers have to find the same power that makes Ghost Rider what it is in the comics, on the big screen. So having seeing the film I admit that although it had a few sore spots and kinks, I admire the work put into the movie.
The cast did a decent job on pulling the characters together. Kudos to Nicholas Cage for his part as Johny Blaze: not too shaby, he didn't over do it and it was enough to both respect the character and add a little spunk to it. Eva Mendes also did a good job as being the clichéd lost teenage love, although the shirts with the top three buttons unbuttoned was way to obvious. I was satisfied with Peter Fonda's work as Mephistopheles, I just wished he put a little more effort as being the vile demon himself. The rest of the cast only added to the nice effort of a movie that Ghost Rider is. The only faults were the lack of character that the film had. Sure there the main cast carried it, but because the plot was so straight forward, there wasn't room for extra characters to weave and twist the story a little.
As said before, the plot was just like an average comic book storyline. A decent interpretation of Ghost Rider and his ideologies, the film should be claimed as a fair success. The soundtrack was great, with a couple of dull scores though. All in all, if you're a dire fan of Ghost Rider it really is a cool action flick to watch and if you're just wanting a quick straightforward ride, then it's a taker too.