So Bad, It's Good

Rating: 4/10 (17 June 2007)

Ghost Rider comes from the man who brought us Ben Affleck's Daredevil, but where Daredevil was made under the pretense of making a good superhero movie, Ghost Rider goes full throttle into the realm of awful for awful's sake. Howard the Duck comes to mind when I think of it, now. A talking duck could only have helped this film.
A big part of the enjoyment comes from Nicholas Cage's unfettered performance - he chews up the scenery with the kind of fervor that fans of Vampire's Kiss will enjoy. You can't blame him - he's making the most out of it.
But what is it? It's a mix of a romantic comedy, supernatural thriller, comic book superhero movie, action and horror, and and fails at every one. So, it's a movie that wastes your time - the climax is insubstantial and the action half-baked. But it's so half-baked, I dare you not to laugh when Sam Elliot makes his exit.
Trades say there's work on a sequel, which, in all honesty, I would watch in a minute.