Pathetic

Rating: Null/10 (5 March 2007)

When I saw the trailer for this film last summer, I was convinced that it was going to be another Marvel blockbuster, little did I know that the scenes in the trailer were the best scenes and the only scenes worth watching.
This film is an embarrassment to the other Marvel entries. This movie makes Daredevil and even Elektra look good.
Nicolas Cage tries to be witty and sincere in his performance as Johnny Blaze the Ghost Rider, but comes off looking like something between a cheap Evel Kenievel and Elvis imitator.
Eva Mendes is awful in her role. She's neither convincing as a long lost flame (no pun intended) or a reporter. The young lady who played the younger Roxanne character fared much better. The scene where Blaze chases down Roxanne while she's driving away in the TV van is funny, but when she finally stops jumps out and snaps at him and eventually re-kindles their love life, she only looks like a sassy teenager, I've seen better acting in a high school play. Mendes' best attributes are the pair she wears on her chest, which the director obviously goes to every length to emphasize throughout all her scenes. When was the last time you saw a TV reporter on camera with half her blouse un-buttoned. Nice rack Eva, but you could use some acting lessons.
Sam Elliott puts in a good performance, seems he's making yet another appearance in a Marvel film (as Ross in the Hulk) where he's the only human character worth watching.
By the time Blaze hunts down Mephisto's brat son gone postal, I couldn't wait for this movie to be over.
The scene where Ghost Rider is riding down the side of a skyscraper is the best scene and the only scene worth seeing. Don't waste your money on the DVD when it comes out, just watch the trailer and you'll get the only good scenes of the whole movie.