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Plot: Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:August 5, 2008Really awesome Movie. Great storyline, wicked action. Nicolas Cage played the Ghost Rider character superbly. The end of the movie was great too. From Start to finish this movie rocked
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MCT:August 5, 2008How can you go wrong with Ghost Rider? I mean, seriously! The cast was pretty decent and the effects were good, but the story was terrible. The fact that Cage and Mendes don't have much chemistry didn't help matters either.
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MCT:August 3, 2008B list comic book movie. Nicolas Cage plays Elvis playing Johnny Blaze and overacts his blue suede shoes off
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MCT:August 2, 2008
Ghost Rider was way better than I thought it was going to be and Wes Bentley was really hot. Nicolas Cage didn't look half bad for once. lol
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MCT:August 1, 2008Compared to most of the other Marvel movies, Ghost Rider wasn't very good, it still had some exciting parts but it wasn't anything spectacular.
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MCT:August 1, 2008
I just watched this a couple of hours ago. I had already seen it in theaters though. I really liked it. It was exciting. I love Eva Mendes. She is a great actress.
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MCT:July 28, 2008
When I was a kid, I never read the "Ghost Rider" comic books published by Marvel Comics Group. I am only familiar with the character when he made a guest appearance in one of the titles I did read. So, since I had heard of the character, I was pretty interested when I saw that a live-action adaptation was coming to theaters even if they cast one of my least favorite actors in the lead role.
The teenage "Johnny Blaze" (Matt Long) is following his father (Brett Cullen) into a life of being a motorcycle stunt rider at a circus. To complicate things, his girlfriend, "Roxanne Simpson" (Raquel Alessi) is moving away under orders of her father. To complicate things either further, his father is dying of cancer.
Just as he is preparing to leave his father and the circus behind to go after "Roxanne", a man with a cane (Peter Fonda) comes up to him and offers to cure his father's deal for the young man's soul. "Blaze" signs the contract, and the next morning, his father is completely healthy. However, the young man soon finds out that when you make a deal with the devil, you will pay in spades.
Now, years later, "Johnny" (Nicolas Cage) is a famous motorcycle stuntman who puts his life on the line in bigger venues than his father ever did. However, he is not happy with the fame and fortune he has now and is looking for a sign for a second chance at the life he believes he was destined for. And the sign apparently shows itself when "Roxanne" (Eva Mendes) walks back into his life as a television news reporter assigned to cover his jump that he has scheduled for the anniversary of his father's death shortly after she moved away.
However, a demon known as "Blackheart" (Wes Bently) wants to bring the End of Days to the world so he might inherit it. So, because of this, the man with the cane re-enters "Johnny's" life to cash in on his debt. He transforms "Johnny" into his bounty hunter known as the "Ghost Rider" who is bent on returning and sending evil souls to Hell.
Now, "Blaze", with the help of a mysterious cemetery "Caretaker" (Sam Elliott), must stop "Blackheart" and his evil minions while trying to save his own soul.
Like I said earlier, I never read the "Ghost Rider" comics. So I will say right off that those who do will probably like this a lot more than the average audience member who probably never read it. And, unlike those who never picked up a copy of either version of "Ghost Rider" (one of which has since been renamed the "Phantom Rider"), they will be able to pick up on the major differences in the original comic book version and this movie. And, after some web surfing, I have learned that there are some major differences between the comic book storyline and the movie's storyline that only the fans of the comic book will know.
First off, the movie tends to drag in many places. It's not really the fast-pace that it should be. The action is also pretty slow. You would think that with all the special effects used for the supernatural powers of the villains and "Ghost Rider" you would think that they could have made the characters move at a superhuman-like speed at times. For the most part, the supernatural-powered characters move as if they are just average humans.
The acting pretty much suffers due to a weak script. Many times, it seemed as if the actors were repeating the lines being relayed to them by somebody off-camera. There was little chemistry between the entire cast. I felt no chemistry between Cage and Mendes.
I also felt that Cage was miscast as "Johnny Blaze"/"Ghost Rider". If my memory serves, the comic book character I remember was younger than Cage. I also felt that he was holding back in his performance. Mendes was also underused, as were other major supporting characters.
If you ask me, the absolutely gorgeous Mendes was there more for eye candy than her acting. When "Roxanne" re-enters "Johnny's" life, we see her standing in profile in a tight fighting dress that would not be seen worn by real news reporters. And, in a later scene, she is showing off just a little too much cleavage for the working environment.
I think that the only perfectly cast actor was Elliott as "The Caretaker". With his deep voice, he made the character very mysterious as he tried to give "Johnny" tips on his battle. You also never really realize his true nature until it appears in the story, but with "Caretaker's" knowledge of "Ghost Rider's" mission will make you wonder. One bad thing about "Caretaker" is that when his true nature is revealed, it's the wrong look. Over the years in the comic book history, there have been three characters known as "Ghost Rider". I only know of the first one and the "Johnny Blaze" one, and knew instantly that when the "Caretaker's" true nature was finally revealed that it was in reference to the first character with the name. I also knew instantly that it was nothing like the first comic book character.
The music is pretty good in this movie. There is a mix between songs by well-known artists and instrumentals. There is no real current stars on the soundtrack, but there are well-known artists performing big hits from their careers.
Of course, there is a lot of special effects in this movie. There is a lot of morphing effects that are nicely edited together. I also liked the look of "Ghost Rider," but it was pretty obvious that the "bone" that we see of his skeletal body was made with CGI. The "flames" that come from his body is much better looking than the "bones" if you ask me. The "flames" are multi-colored much like real flames and have a natural movement. One thing that I wasn't too fond of was the digitally-enhanced voice used for "Ghost Rider" because, at times, it was hard to understand what he was saying.
If you are a fan of the comic book, I would say rent this. However, if you are not a reader of the comic book, then I would say watch this on television when nothing else is on. -
MCT:July 26, 2008
Worst superhero movie ever. I mean, the hero works for Satan. Shouldn't that automatically boot him off the superhero list? Overall, I thought it was hilarious, but I don't think that was the effect the filmmakers were going for.
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MCT:July 23, 2008
I remember as a kid everyone liked Batman or Spiderman, but I was the one with all the Ghost Rider action figures. So I'm glade they made a movie about it, though I think the Skull animation could have been a little better.
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MCT:July 23, 2008
Nicolas Cage was a bad decision for me, but even so the character is very cool. The acting, plot and script are very dumb. This could've been a very cool and stylish Marvel film, but it was an almost complete waste except for the main character (the hero), the style and the pace. This is just very fun to watch.
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MCT:July 22, 2008
A decent action packed movie that really depended on the special effects. This was pure action and eye candy. Wouldn't mind seeing if a second one could be done.
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MCT:July 22, 2008I really have nothing bad to say about Ghost Rider, a great blend of action and slight comedy. Nicolas Cage was the perfect person to play Ghost Rider. I hope they come out with Ghost Rider 2 or a Prequel telling about the previous Ghost Rider played by Sam Elliot.
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MCT:July 21, 2008I wanted to see this movie for the bike and ended up liking it a lot. Cage may not be the best actor but he certainly seemed to fit the role of Johnny Blaze rather well.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
This film is just ok. Nothing special. It's recommended to someone that have't got anything to do at the weekend.
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MCT:July 20, 2008
Another pg-13 superhero movie, good on the big screen, but nothing amazing. Nicholas Cage does do a good job and goth chick is my favorite of the whole movie. I think her name was Rebel Wilson, awesome!
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MCT:July 20, 2008
its owned its comedy for me i mean violence is awesome i just laugh or scream loudly at them as if i was a guy watching a foot ball game XP
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MCT:July 14, 2008
didn't think id like this movie but it woz brilliant with good music and a big bonus younger johnny blaze is very good looking
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MCT:July 13, 2008
it is very good movie!! we love it that show good alot actions!! and very interesting about ghostrider that one man were survive still alive and other evil man thought that one guy were dead but not know it so who's son is that nicole cage is the ghostrider!! same side of father!! is ghostrider
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MCT:July 12, 2008THE FIRST MINUTES OF THE FILM WHERE WE SEE THE ORIGINS OF JOHNNY BLAZE...
HOW HE GOT HIS DEAL WITH SATAN TO KEEP HIS FATHER HEALTHY AND HIS GILR HE LEFT BEHIND..IT WAS VERY GOOD..
I LIKED IT..IT KEPT ME AND I SAID TO MY SELF.."WHAT THE...CK ,IS GOOD ..I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMIN..." BUT UNFORTTUNATELY...NICOLAS CAGE CAME..AND ALL GONE...BORING..TOO LONG IN LENGTH..
NO "SEXY" SCENES WITH EVA MENDES (EVEN THE SOFTLY SPIDERMAN HAD A PASSION KISS WITH THE CO-STAR KIRSTEN DUNST..)
PREDICTABLE PLOT..
THE BAD GUYS TOO EASY BEEN BEATEN..
THE GHOSTRIDER "DRINKING" MNM'S...
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MCT:July 11, 2008
This was a good movie. Stayed close to the origin in the comics. Nicholas Cage was perfect as Blaze. Funny and good action. Critics did not like it. But hey, if I listened to critics on films I would never see anything.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
My thoughts on this before I saw it were something like: "Well, it can't be worse than Dare Devil". I was wrong...
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MCT:July 9, 2008
Disappointing comic book adap. Nicolas Cage was clearly enjoying himself, having wanted to do a comic book role for many years, but the script lets him down badly, and the storyline soon loses its way. Good fiery effects, but so much more could have been done with this
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MCT:July 7, 2008
"Where do i sign?"
*cuts finger on contract and blood falls on it*
"oohh, that'll do"
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MCT:July 7, 2008
I don't know why everybody low rank it so much... yes it has some strange not funny moments (they wanted it to be), but overall it was a great flick.
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MovieLover57posted 54 days ago -
was a gd movie i luved it but all the gd
parts happened so fast
but i luved it and i think dat nicolas
cage did great in i luv itposted 64 days ago -
What is wrong with u people... this movie was great... a skull on fire!!! and the devil!!!! i love both! plus the best person was Blackheart! i mean.. come on that is one hell of a name.. i wish i had it!!!
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Okay this Movie was AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWsome. Plenty of action, Love, graphics, and more action, bad guys getting dusted, oh Maaan it was a really good Flick. I'd watch it Again if given the chance.
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The movie was a special effects dream come true,cause this could've been really god awful,but they pulled off the burning skull,and wheels.Blackheart could've been more true to the comic,but hey it still was okay.
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