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Nicolas Cage (Drive Angry, Season of the Witch) returns as Johnny Blaze in one of the year s most thrilling action-packed films. Struggling to live with his flame-headed alter ego the Ghost Rider, Blaze is offered the chance to rid himself of his curse forever - but to do so he must defeat The Devil in a terrifying battle for survival. Co-starring Idris Elba (Thor) and featuring ground-breaking special effects, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is one hell of a ride.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I must say the first one was okay. So if any other directors other than the two signed up to helm the film I wouldn't of watched it. There are some stand out images ( black ghost rider on white back ground sequence) and the duo's franeric camera work, works well. But the effects look obvious and at times cheap. Yes the studio have to make a film for a certain audience and wider age range as possible and squeeze as much money out of it as possible ( which is understandable) but this leaves the duo's creative, wilder side, there stamp of what makes there films fun to watch sadly behind.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance picks up some years after the conclusion of the last instalment. We find Johnny Blaze (Nic Cage) hiding away, trying to contain The Rider and stop from unleashing his furious vengeance. Suddenly, the Devil (Ciarán Hinds - The Debt) has a love-child, Danny, and it's up to Johnny Blaze to keep the two from reuniting and becoming all-powerful. Assisted by the alcoholic but formidable monk Moreau (Idris Elba - Thor) and the boy's natural mother (Violante Placido) the trio will stop at nothing to get Danny back.
GR works because it's about a flaming skeleton avenging people's sins, it's light-hearted and doesn't take itself too seriously, heck, there is even a scene where we get to see The Rider urinate like a flame-thrower. But that is maybe good for one film, not an entire series and as a result; the story here is tenuous and uninspired. Cage really does take this one to the wall and goes 'hyper-Cage' in a couple of the scenes where he trying to 'hold back' The Rider accompanied by some rather dubiously-rendered CGI and it's all a bit laughable. As in, not the good kind of laughter. The ridiculous & over-extended scenes of Cage laughing manically on a motorcycle - clearly in front of a green-screen - as he speeds around and gradually devolves into The Rider stands out for some serious ridicule. Just when you think it can't get any worse, they make it clear that they have left the door open for a third instalment (God forbid!) the same as before but The Rider flames are blue this time instead of yellow...right.
The film even makes a point in the voice-over at the start to mention that the Ghost-Rider will see all your sins: "That little white-lie, that illegal-download"!! Which made me laugh a lot, as it's accompanied by an on-screen search-light panning left & right across the fourth-wall. What a joke - a movie is not the place to take up the piracy argument...
The story is just insane, trying to put it together in a logical fashion might induce some sort of brain haemorrhage and only the cool decaying effects that the film uses will make me remember this in any positive light. Despite being well shot across multiple Eastern-European locations and a cinematic experience for the most part it's probably not worth your time or money if we're honest. Watch at your peril.
GR works because it's about a flaming skeleton avenging people's sins, it's light-hearted and doesn't take itself too seriously, heck, there is even a scene where we get to see The Rider urinate like a flame-thrower. But that is maybe good for one film, not an entire series and as a result; the story here is tenuous and uninspired. Cage really does take this one to the wall and goes 'hyper-Cage' in a couple of the scenes where he trying to 'hold back' The Rider accompanied by some rather dubiously-rendered CGI and it's all a bit laughable. As in, not the good kind of laughter. The ridiculous & over-extended scenes of Cage laughing manically on a motorcycle - clearly in front of a green-screen - as he speeds around and gradually devolves into The Rider stands out for some serious ridicule. Just when you think it can't get any worse, they make it clear that they have left the door open for a third instalment (God forbid!) the same as before but The Rider flames are blue this time instead of yellow...right.
The film even makes a point in the voice-over at the start to mention that the Ghost-Rider will see all your sins: "That little white-lie, that illegal-download"!! Which made me laugh a lot, as it's accompanied by an on-screen search-light panning left & right across the fourth-wall. What a joke - a movie is not the place to take up the piracy argument...
The story is just insane, trying to put it together in a logical fashion might induce some sort of brain haemorrhage and only the cool decaying effects that the film uses will make me remember this in any positive light. Despite being well shot across multiple Eastern-European locations and a cinematic experience for the most part it's probably not worth your time or money if we're honest. Watch at your peril.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
the actual film was not actually that bad, but the acting was below par and i've never been a big fan of nic cage but did enjoy his drive angry movie. cgi is pretty decent too but does'nt have the same effect as the first movie did ghost rider seems so much cooler. but i did love the ending with the blue, like angel flame on the ghost rider.
Not as bad as all the critics are saying, but the acting just crap to be honest. 6/10
Not as bad as all the critics are saying, but the acting just crap to be honest. 6/10
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I Wanted a Cool Rider, Not This
As a comic book fan I have learned to switch my film radar to mediocre. This way I am able to enjoy some comic book adaptations that are not quite up to the likes of `Batman... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Sam
Not worth it... Poor Movie.. Poor effect and Poor Story
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I am sorry to say that this was a poor follow up to the original Movie. the Story is ok but not great but to be honest it is the lack of polish in the effects. Read more
I am sorry to say that this was a poor follow up to the original Movie. the Story is ok but not great but to be honest it is the lack of polish in the effects. Read more
Published 28 days ago by S. Lamb
Not as hot as I would have liked
I went to see the first Ghost rider at the cinema with my brother. We bothed loved the film and as soon it was released on dvd I added it to my collection of films. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Leah Knight
very entertaining
Great film, very entertaining. Nicolas Cage is a great actor, and the special effects are great. He plays a teenage stunt rider who makes a deal with the devil for his soul in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Debbie
Rubbish.
Unlike a lot of people i really enjoyed the first film as did as ALL of my friends and family and was eagerly awaiting the sequel, well after several years waiting at last its was... Read more
Published 1 month ago by colhole
"..HOT SEQUEL.."
The rider is back in action with the cool Nic Cage playing the lead again, this movie is not miles better than the first story but does make a few improvements, Cage has some good... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
Spirit of MY Vengence
I saw this at the cinema with my brother and his mate. I like most of the marvel films/comics and I did like Ghost Rider 1. Read more
Published 1 month ago by The Man
THIS WAS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw this when I went to the cinema with my friend for a party and it was awesome! Nicolas Cage is the death rider of course and rides around protecting this boy from danger of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charlie
Hell has frozen over! - an apalling Ghost rider film
I'm a big fan of the first ghost rider film and was hoping that in this film Nicolas Cage may have developed in his acting of Johnny Blaze but I could not have been more wrong. Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Coomber
Time to lay this ghost to rest
The first Ghost Rider was a daft but fun comic book movie. Not great but enjoyable enough and a sequel at the time seemed unlikely but nonetheless here is the sequel which sees... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. R. W. Graham
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