The film is all about a motorcycle from hell, a rider whose head is a flaming skull, and magic chains of fire. The story is completely perfunctory here though. Childhood love interest Roxanne (Eva Mendes) is now a cop, who is trying to find more about the skull-faced man, while Johnny has to now try and stop Blackheart (Wes Bentley), Mephisto's son, from collecting some particular souls, after which he plans to overrun his father. He inherits unholy powers, and turns into the Ghost Rider at night – Satan's personal mercenary for hire. Nicolas Cage plays Johnny Blaze here, who sells his soul to Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) as a boy for saving his cancer-stricken father. For the fanboys – this is the Johnny Blaze version. But, c'mon people, if you are watching a movie about a man with a flaming skull for a head and a super bike from hell, you can't really complain about the film being unrealistic and cheesy, can you? Then again, maybe you can.įor the uninitiated, Ghost Rider is based on a comic book character that has largely been 2nd, or even 3rd grade in Marvel's list of heroes, but as with most underdogs and satanic motorcyclists, Ghost Rider has its own share of loyal fans who have tried to keep up with the various incarnations. In fact, there are points when it is downright embarrassing. Not exactly a masterpiece, but its very few up points did keep me interested enough to hold out for the sequel, Spirit of Vengeance, which supposedly comes out on the 17th of February 2012, starring another favourite of mine, Cirian Hines.Okay, Ghost Rider is not spectacular.

And Wes Bentley (P2, Jonah Hex) as Blackheart was, at the very least a 'cool' character to bring to the film. Though much of the film was quite weak, watching the demons (trenchcoat wearin' mo-fo's above) getting taken out one by one, somewhat akin to, oh, as for example a comic book, was entertaining enough to hold my attention. What's supposed to be The Devil's Bounty Hunter, riding the world to bring the guilty to justice, ends up being more of a Mad Max wannabe riding a badass motorbike notching up his cliche-meter and pouring the CG-budget down the drain, while bringing as many motifs up as he can. Too dark and long to be considered a silly, fun, little guilty pleasure, but too self-concious and non-sensical to be realistic. I think another major problem is that it aims for 'quirk' and ends up with 'cheese'. Don't get me wrong, I know I bitch about 'effects-driven' a lot, but sometimes it works fine, it's just that Ghost Rider has absolutely no staying power, there's really nothing to it that would make me recommend it to a friend. Ghost Rider strikes me as the sort of comic that didn't need a whole lot of chopping to translate well to the big screen, unfortunately, director Mark Steven Johnson neglected all that, and went for a full on self-made, effects-drive flop. Choc full of wannabe Western-isms and expected cheese, Ghost Rider is a foray into not-a-whole-lot.

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