GHOST RIDER (Theatrical Release USA 2007)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.2|5.0 Starsìììì

Ghost Rider features Nicolas Cage, Sam Elliott, and Eva Mendes. It puts the Marvel Comics hero, Ghost Rider, on the big screen. The movie works on a tremendously simple storyline with a single impact—the startling picture of a motorcycle rider on fire who hunts the bad guys at night. Great work for Director Mark Steven Johnson’s interpretation of this comic character.

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Storyline

Johnny Blaze becomes a bounty hunter at night to hunt down the Devil’s own.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Mark Steven Johnson for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Ari Arad, Norman Golightly, David S. Goyer, Stan Lee, Lynwood Spinks, and E. Bennett Walsh for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Young Johnny Blaze (Matt Long), Young Roxanne Simpson (Raquel Alessi), Barton Blaze (Brett Cullen), Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda), Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage), Mack (Donal Logue), Team Blaze (Tony Ghosthawk, Hugh Sexton, Marcus Jones, and Matt Norman), and X Games Announcer (Lawrence Cameron Steele).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. This movie serves that narrow audience that appreciates the Marvel universe of comic characters.

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