Middle of the road for Nick Cage

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2007)

Nicolas Cage has an undeniable screen charm that,in my book,is comparable to the likes of Bogart,Grant,Brando,the list goes on.This fact alone makes him one of my favorite actors of all time.Every good actor,however,can disappoint as well as delight.Nick Cage has done his fair share of both over the years.Ghost Rider,for me,ends up somewhere in the middle.While I enjoyed the superhero aspects of the main character,the ever present charm of Nick Cage,the undeniable beauty that is possessed by Eva Mendes,and the performances of Peter Fonda and Wes Bentley,where the film comes up flat is overall storyline and dialog,two key factors that make or break a movie.The storyline is somewhat choppy and the dialog is flat and unimpressive.I will give it above average marks for special effects,though.From Nicolas Cage's best work to his worst,Ghost Rider is somewhere in the middle,making it just barely unworthy of being a keeper.