Ghost Rider (2007)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 135
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 100
Ghost Rider is a sour mix of morose, glum histrionics amidst jokey puns and hammy dialogue.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 18
Ghost Rider is a sour mix of morose, glum histrionics amidst jokey puns and hammy dialogue.
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When a motorcycle-riding stuntman offers his soul to Mephistopheles in order to save the life of the one he loves most, he is forced to play host to a powerful supernatural entity whose flaming skull visage strikes fear into the heart of his enemies in this feature-film version of the long-running comic series. By day, Johnny Blaze (actor and comic-book devotee Nicolas Cage) is one of the world's best-known stuntmen, but when the sun goes down and he is in the presence of evil, the death-defying
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Cast
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Nicolas Cage
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Eva Mendes
Roxanne Simpson -
Wes Bentley
Blackheart -
Sam Elliott
Caretaker -
Donal Logue
Mack -
Matt Long
Young Johnny Blaze -
Peter Fonda
Mephistopheles -
Brett Cullen
Barton Blaze -
Raquel Alessi
Young Roxanne Simpson -
Tony Ghosthawk
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Hugh Sexton
Team Blaze Member -
Marcus Jones
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Matt Norman
Team Blaze Member -
Cameron Steele
X Games Announcer -
Eddie Baroo
Motorcycle Gang Member -
Jessica Napier
Broken Spoke Waitress -
Lawrence Breuls
Gressil -
Daniel Frederiksen
Wallow -
Matt Wilkinson
Abigor -
Kirstie Hutton
Amy Page -
Gibson Nolte
Stuart -
Ryan Johnson
Waiter -
Jonathon Oldham
Motorcycle Cop -
Peter Callan
Station Master -
Rebel Wilson
Girl in Alley -
Peter Barry
The Mugger -
Bruce Hughes
Penance Stare Pharmacis... -
Rita Kalnejais
Penance Stare Mugger's ... -
David Roberts
Captain Dolan -
Arthur Angel
Officer Edwards -
Jason Raftopoulos
Forensics Reporter -
Brett Swain
Guard -
Duncan Young
Skinhead -
Joel Tobeck
Redneck -
Jacob Vanderpuije
Innocent Young Man -
Fabio Robles
Priest -
Marty Fields
Surveillance Guard -
Troy Planet
Impound Worker -
Charlie Garber
Officer Mackie -
Vittorio Scalise
Window Cleaner -
Richard Cox
Helicopter Pilot -
Ling-Hsueh Tang
News Reporter -
Estefanie Sousa
Street Person -
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All Critics (136) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (103) | DVD (32)
Grand, empty gestures and loads of CGI effects can't cover up pure schlock. Even the character's iconically cool trademarks -- a flaming skull and a fiery chopper -- are reduced to Velveeta slices. No, damn you, sir.
Nic Cage seems comfortable in the role of the flaming-skulled biker, but the plot holes are too deep even for his Herbie-like arachnid motorcycle to negotiate.
Mainly the movie's about riding a bike at the speed of sound while your head is burning. They can do anything these days, which isn't quite the same as saying they should do anything these days.
So much flatter than it was on the comic-book page.
Provides just enough pop thrills and slam-bang action to make it perfectly acceptable matinee fare.
The story doesn't arc so much as unspool like a stretch of desert highway, but the Ghost Rider is such a powerful amalgam of hot-rod iconography that this is still fairly watchable.
Best lines? "Is this thing ever gonna end?" "Not even close." "I shore wish this thang coulda turned out different."
Ignore the cheesy dialogue, the cardboard cut-out villains and the atrociously OTT acting and just enjoy a good old-fashioned tale of heroes and villains the way the comic-books used to tell 'em.
It all seems so wearyingly old fashioned: teenage delinquents on motorbikes, creaky incarnations of Satan, a rock'n'roll take on dangerous cool.
Cage needs to produce something special next to make up for crimes against cinema.
By any real-world standard, this is a stupid piece of junk. But it's very good at being a stupid piece of junk.
The worst adaptation of a Marvel Comics hero yet.
It's far from a masterpiece.
If Nicolas Cage weren't a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit, this Marvel-comic-to-big-screen adaptation would have no torque at all.
Seeing Ghost Rider is like going to Saturday matinee serials at the Rialto eons ago. It's a fanciful, puerile experience -- a fun day out for 9-year olds. Ghost Rider is a ridiculous melange of cheesy effects, talentless extras, corny plot and insi
Johnson might have diverted some of his CGI budget to hire a writer to come up with a story with some internal logic -- then he could match the effects to the story rather than vice versa.
Devilish Nic Cage action flick isn't on fire.
Bad fun if you're in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage.
It's not a complete wash, a la Catwoman, but it ain't far off.
Director Mark Steven Johnson is infinitely less concerned with exploring Blaze's smoldering, soul-deprived isolation than he is infatuated with the character's skull-'n'-bones imagery.
At nearly two hours, Ghost Rider is a little long for a guilty pleasure.
Audience Reviews for Ghost Rider
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- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider: How does it feel to have all that evil inside of you? All their power, all their souls, a thousand souls to burn. Look into my eyes, your soul is stained by the blood of the innocent, Feel their pain!
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- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider: You know alcohol gives me nightmares.
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- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider: Your pissing me off!
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- Caretaker: The thing about legends is...sometimes they're true.
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- Caretaker: It's said that the West was built on legends...and that legends are a way of understanding things greater than ourselves. Forces that shape our lives. Events that defy explanation. Individuals whose lives soar to the heavens...or fall to the earth. This is how legends are born.
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- Caretaker: Any man who's got the guts to sell his soul for love...got the power to change the world.
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