Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Movie Reviews #13 - Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance (2011)




















Plot: (from imdb.com) As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form.

Review: And I thought the first Ghost Rider was bad. This franchise has the same problem that the Alien vs Predator franchise had. The first movie was an overpolished, studio meddled, sanitized version of what the movies should have been. The sequels showed promise of being more violent and gory, but in the end were worse and felt cheap. This version of Ghost Rider almost feels like an Asylum movie. The look just feels cheap. The story is also bad. Who cares about this kid? I don’t want to see Ghost Rider protecting a kid, I just want him to kick ass.

            Why is Mephisto now called Roark? This makes no sense, did they just want us to forget it was Peter Fonda in the first one? Idris Elba is kind of cool but why did they make him a French guy? If you’re looking for some crazy Nicolas Cage, this is the right place. He’s constantly acting like a meth addict because he’s trying to keep Ghost Rider at bay. Since when is Ghost Rider like the Hulk? The one positive I can give is the look of Ghost Rider. They made the flames more smoky and dirty. It feels more dangerous and fits the character better than the clean polished look of the original. Maybe one day Marvel will get the rights back and do the character justice, but for now these movies are what we got sadly.

Score: 4/10

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