A super high concept movie that will move you to tears and change your life, no...still a fun ride all the same.

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2007)

Yes this movie was probably in the end a pure popcorn flick that many will hate, however I thought it was a good fun movie. Rather nice treatment for a comic book hero that isn't exactly super well known or famous. Ghost Rider blazes on the big screen and the effects are rather good considering the character of Ghost Rider is essentially a skeleton in leather riding a motorcycle and he is on fire. The story seems to combine the two Ghost Riders I am familiar with from the marvel universe...the first one was Johnny Blaze who sold his soul to the devil. The second one being more a spirit of vengeance who used his stare to show evildoers the wrongs they have committed. I thought Cage was rather good in his role as were the other actors...I mean this is a comic book movie not an Oscar caliber movie we are talking about here. So all in all it is fun, could have used maybe a little more Ghost Rider here and there and perhaps a trim or two here or there to cut the running time, for the most part there are very few complaints by me. Ghost Rider is a comic I collected at one time, so it is kind of cool to see him on the big screen. However, don't go by my review alone in determining whether you will see this flick, as I love comic book adapted movies to a fault...that and horror so I may like stuff other more casual fans may not.