Daredevil director isn't enough

Rating: 4/10 (1 February 2014)

Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) accepts a contract with Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) to save his ailing father. However the devil kills him instead in a motorcycle stunt accident. Johnny can't take it and runs away. Later he becomes a famous exhibition stunt rider, and meets up with former girlfriend Roxanne (Eva Mendes). Meanwhile Mephistopheles is threatened by his son Blackheart (Wes Bentley) who wants to take over. So Mephistopheles proposes to release Johnny from the contract if he defeats his son.
There is a lot of background to go through. The first act is a mess of different actors and many characters. I think a lot of it is unnecessary. Also the powers these characters have are pretty random. This is directed by Mark Steven Johnson, the same guy who directed Daredevil. It is yet another mess of wild CGI and camera moves that overwhelm the movie.