I am Leeeeggiioooon because we are manyyy...!

Rating: 1/10 (21 February 2007)

Everything about this movie was so clichéd. Just to mention a few,
1. Hero's good friend, innocent ol' Mack (Donal Loque, the only saving grace from the movie), would get the obligatory "shock" value treatment (see the sheriff from "Misery"),
2. The "I am Legion...." (as per this summary title) cry at the convergence of spirits was so campy, and i thought it could have done with a more sinister / scarier / demonic punchline, seriously, did Blackheart have to explain what Legion meant? It's like "I'm Ghost Rider, because I'm A Ghost that Rides!!!!"
3. Villains get killed too easily, no-brainer task for the hero,
4. The original Ghost Rider (Sam Elliot's Slade) was not fully expounded upon, it was like they ran out of cash halfway or something,
5. No ground-breaking CGI's here folks (unrelated to the topic, i know). Some scenes really look cheap.
6. The bad guy in this case, Mephistopheles (excellently portrayed by Peter Fonda, if i may add) obligatory end scene that runs along the line of "oh, so you're not doing your part of the deal huh? See in you in the sequel then"
7. The end, where the obligatory, hero / transformation scene, paving the way for sequels, here Johnny Blaze winks to show that he can...before........(I won't reveal the spoilers out of respect), but see how tastefully Batman Begins left it open to sequel(s).
Here's to Chris Nolan's re-imagining of "Ghost Rider Begins"! :) Awful, i wanted to blow my brains out (just kidding). A lot of reviews praised this movie on the basis that it's just a darn comic. But this is Nic Cage we're talking about, and we know he doesn't really need the money, but i hope they save the Ghost Rider / Devil (please, Mr. Fonda, come back provided Chris Nolan comes onboard) confrontation for the best.
But hands up, those who thought the casting of Raquel Alessi as a young Eva Mendez was spot on?...