not that many action

Rating: 6/10 (1 October 2012)

It took me 5 years to watch the extended cut of a flick that no one likes. well almost nobody. most of the comic fans teared it down completely. But comments doesn't mean a thing, they made Ghost Rider 2 a few years later.
Was it all that bad. Well, for the story itself there was indeed not that many action going on to make it look like a Spiderman or Batman. But the Ghost Rider himself isn't one that's after bad persons like in Batman or Spiderman. He's more out to catch the devil's son and other bad spirits. So that means that you will need a lot of effects and it do shows here that a lot of money went to the effects used. I'm not a CGI guy but here you do need it and it all looked "marvel"lous.
I did like the acting except for Eva Mendes. She wasn't believable and her acting wasn't that great for me. She had two other things that attracted you to the screen and sadly they did in stead of looking at her acting. It was fun to see Sam Elliot again, again as a cowboy and old glory Peter Fonda of Easy Rider (1969) fame. Funny to see him in another bike movie.
Nicolas Cage does what he does best and it shows. It's funny to see that a guy who was in a lot of blockbusters decided to go for the B-flicks. I know that there are a lot of haters out but I still love him. I liked him more in Drive Angry (2011) but still he did well.
Maybe indeed a bit too much of a love story involved but the open ending said enough, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (2011) was made. only for the lovers of Marvel comics.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 effects 5/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5