Ghost Rider (2007)

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.

March 3, 2007 Full Review

Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

Top Critic

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.

February 28, 2007 Full Review

David Jenkins

Time Out

Top Critic

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.

February 24, 2007 Full Review

Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

Top Critic

So much flatter than it was on the comic-book page.

February 21, 2007 Full Review

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Provides just enough pop thrills and slam-bang action to make it perfectly acceptable matinee fare.

February 21, 2007 Full Review | Comments (2)

Randy Cordova

Arizona Republic

Top Critic

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.

February 21, 2007 Full Review

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Best lines? "Is this thing ever gonna end?" "Not even close." "I shore wish this thang coulda turned out different."

January 1, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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.

November 3, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

It all seems so wearyingly old fashioned: teenage delinquents on motorbikes, creaky incarnations of Satan, a rock'n'roll take on dangerous cool.

March 19, 2012 Full Review

Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Cage needs to produce something special next to make up for crimes against cinema.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Mike Barnard

Future Movies UK

By any real-world standard, this is a stupid piece of junk. But it's very good at being a stupid piece of junk.

July 6, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Dave White

Movies.com

The worst adaptation of a Marvel Comics hero yet.

July 6, 2010 Full Review | Comments (4)

Scott Huver

Hollywood.com

It's far from a masterpiece.

April 29, 2009 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

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.

April 23, 2009 Full Review

Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

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

February 2, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

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.

August 7, 2008 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Devilish Nic Cage action flick isn't on fire.

July 17, 2008 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

Bad fun if you're in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage.

February 13, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

It's not a complete wash, a la Catwoman, but it ain't far off.

January 15, 2008 Full Review

Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

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.

October 25, 2007 Full Review

Rob Humanick

House Next Door

At nearly two hours, Ghost Rider is a little long for a guilty pleasure.

September 22, 2007 Full Review

Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

• 1. 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!
  – Submitted by Matthew D (10 months ago)
• 1. Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider: You know alcohol gives me nightmares.
  – Submitted by Mel H (12 months ago)
• 1. Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider: Your pissing me off!
  – Submitted by Josh J (14 months ago)
• 1. Caretaker: The thing about legends is...sometimes they're true.
  – Submitted by Dann M (15 months ago)
• 1. 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.
  – Submitted by Dann M (15 months ago)
• 1. Caretaker: Any man who's got the guts to sell his soul for love...got the power to change the world.
  – Submitted by Dann M (15 months ago)

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