Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

chris-79877 I can see where they went all out on a lot of the film and other parts, quite simply, I think they ran short on the budget. Story boards aren't going to work in a film like this. They were used for setting up scenes early in the movie which took away from it. But by the time the battles began, this really took off! I even enjoyed the ending with Johnny finding the fallen angel inside the Ghost Rider.

Screen_Blitz The hardest thing to accomplish in sitting through this sequel to the 2007 original Ghost Rider is finding one moment that is even remotely engaging without feeling the aggressive urge to doze off and snore. When did a fiery-skulled hero burning through the road on his motorcycle and thrashing the bad guys with his sizzling hot chain stop becoming fun? This movie, replacing the original director Mark Steven Johnson with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, is a soulless rote that not only makes the unfavorable feat of taking Nicolas Cage and sucking him dry of his charisma, but plunges below the level of its predecessor in more ways than one. The previous film was significantly forgettable, but it shined a few moments of excitement and awe. This film, which continues closely to where the last film left off, is so dry of adrenaline and energy it leaves you questioning of whether the directors had a clue of what they were trying to achieve. For Ghost Rider, a Marvel comics superhero who's reputation is widely overshadowed by the overwhelming popularity of heroes such as Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and the X-Men team; the movie gives no reasons to believe the hero has a solid future in the celluloid. Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze, a road-raging motorcyclist who made a deal with the devil that granted him the power to morph into a skeleton with a skull engulfed in flames and wield his metal chain against the baddies. Blaze is appointed by gun-toting priest Moreau (played by Idris Alba) to go after a woman named Nadya (played by Violante Placido) and her young son Danny (played by Fergus Riordan) and protect them from the demon Roarke (played by Ciaran Hinds) who threatens to take on the human form of young Danny and rob him of his soul. It is wildly disconcerting see how dull and empty of adrenaline this film, especially with the directors of the 'Crank' series and the action-packed, yet creatively bankrupt 'Gamer'. Whereas the aforementioned flicks are driven with nearly non-stop action and gun-blazing left and right, this film feels awfully relaxed placid with its action set pieces, while the filmmakers dominate the scenery with demonic supernatural imagery that has been done better in far more superior flicks of the fantasy and horror genre. Whenever there is no action going on, it rushes with its storytelling without giving us a chance to even get engaged with the plot or the characters. When the action is happening, it's dull and lacking of nearly sense of fun. Just when we are getting pumped up with Nicolas Cage morphing into the fiery, chain-wielding monster, the frenzy is greatly diminished by the inconsistent CGI and needlessly frantic camera-work. And it most certainly does not help that Cage is sleepwalking through the role, while Idris Alba is running near empty on charisma. It's as if both of the actors are disinterest in committing themselves to the roles. Well, hey! With a script as lackluster and empty of enchanting the nature of the eponymous hero, who can blame them? Though one give them the directors points for saving the final twenty minutes with an intense, frenetic action fight sequence between the the titular hero and the villain Roarke, it is hard, in the end, to think of a valuable reason why the story should continue. Could they have done justice by handing over the rights to Marvel comics? Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a dull continuation to the eponymous hero, lacking of palpable adrenaline and shallow of energy to compensate for its lackluster script. The film does no justice for the comic book hero, it only piles up on the abuse the superhero has endured in the celluloid. As for Nicolas Cage, retiring from the role is probably a wholesome choice for his career.

KalKenobi83 Watched Ghost Rider:Spirit Of Vengeance Featuring Nicolas Cage(National Treasure:Book Of Secrets ) as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider , Johnny Whitworth( Factory Girl) as Ray Carrigan/Blackout, Fergus Riordan(Fragile) as Danny Ketch , Violante Placido(The American) as Nadya Ketch, Christopher Lambert(Beowulf) as Methodius, Anthony Head(Merlin) as Benedict ,Spencer Wilding(The Golden Compass) as Grannick, Vincent Regan(Clash Of The Titans) as Toma Nikasevic, Idris Elba(Thor) as Moreau and Ciaran Hinds(The Rite) as Roarke. This film is guilty pleasure of mine I didn't mind it Love the Supernatural aspect of it also Johnny Blaze is using his own curse against Satan himself and Moreau was cool but I found The kid annoying also A Guilty Pleasure Of The Superhero Genre. Amazing Costume Design from Bojana Nikitovic(Coriolanus ),Cinematography By Brandon Trost(The FP ), Screenplay By Scott M.Gimple(Life),Seth Hoffman(Flashforward) and David S.Goyer(Blade II) , Music By David Sardy(Zombieland) and Direction By Mark Neveldine(Crank) & Brian Taylor(Gamer) A Guilty Pleasure Of The Superhero Genre 7/10

Stephen Abell This is the apotheosis of a hit and miss movie. There are as many things wrong with it as there are right.The most disturbing factor in the movie is Nicholas Cage's acting. He doesn't even appear to be playing himself (as is the case with most of his movies). For the entire movie, you get the feeling he would rather be elsewhere as his performance appears lackadaisical. There's no conveyance of any character and no chemistry between Cage / Johnny Blaze and any of the others involved.Then there are the soul-taking sequences. These are way too long. By the time the Ghost Rider starts to pull out a soul and actually remove it from its body completely, the bad guys have enough time to, get in their vehicles and drive to the nearest army base... overthrow the soldiers... hack into the weapons room... decrypt the nuclear missile codes... and launch them at The Rider... as I said, way too long. These scenes verge on the ridiculous and I nearly turned off at this point.Which would have been a shame because I would've missed some of the good things about this movie. The concept of whatever The Rider rides becomes his hell on wheels is inspired as this allows for the transformation of a van and a drilling machine. These are pretty awesome scenes. The last chase scene is pretty decent and packed with action.It was also pretty nice to see Christopher Lambert as the mad monk Methodius.Apart from Nicholas Cage, the rest of the cast were okay. Not outstanding by any means. Though the strongest actor was Idris Elba as Moreau, and even he wasn't at his best. This could have been down to the direction of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who did a great job of all the action sequences but weren't too hot when handling the acting and there are too many sequences that feel "thrown in".If you enjoyed the first Ghost Rider movie or enjoy the Comic Books then you may enjoy this but I would not recommend it to anybody who wasn't a fan of The Ghost Rider.