World Famous Comics: Ghost Rider (Widescreen Edition)
Ghost Rider (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Matt Long, Raquel Alessi Directed By: Mark Steven Johnson Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 99 Release Date: June 12, 2007 Running Time: 110 minutes Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 2007
Product Description: Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) was only a teenaged stunt biker when he sold his soul to the devil (Peter Fonda). Years later Johnny is a world renowned daredevil by day but at night he becomes the Ghost Rider of Marvel Comics legend. The devil s bounty hunter he is charged with finding evil souls on earth and bringing them to hell. But when a twist of fate brings Johnny s long-lost love (Eva Mendes) back into his life Johnny realizes he just might have a second chance at happiness if he can beat the devil and win back his soul. To do so he ll have to defeat Blackheart (Wes Bentley) the devil s nemesis and wayward son whose plot to take over his father s realm will bring hell on earth unless Ghost Rider can stop him.Run Time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 043396163119 Manufacturer No: 16311
Amazon.com: Once intended as a feature for Johnny Depp, the long-germinating feature film adaptation of Marvel Comics' cult title Ghost Rider stars Nicolas Cage as motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who transforms into a skull-faced angel of vengeance to battle the forces of evil. Though perhaps a bit too mature for the role, Cage brings a degree of humor to the outrageous proceedings; he's well matched by the Easy Rider himself Peter Fonda, amusingly cast as Mephistopheles, the demon with whom Blaze strikes a bargain to save his father, and in turn, causes his transformation into Ghost Rider. Wes Bentley is also fine as Blackheart, the rebellious offspring of Mephistopheles, and Blazes' chief opponent in the film. They're joined by a solid supporting cast which includes Donal Logue, Eva Mendes, and Sam Elliott, but their participation and a relentless barrage of CGI effects can't hide the fact that the story itself, though largely faithful to its comic origins, is rife with clichéd characterizations and glum B-movie dialogue. Fans of the venerable title may cry foul over this adaptation (as they did over helmer Mark Steven Johnson's previous comic-to-movie feature, Daredevil), but less stringent viewers may enjoy the fiery visuals and Cage's typically quirky performance. --Paul Gaita
uuuuhuuuhu I'm ghost rider. My skull is on fire. People are jealous because they're not ghost rider and their skulls aren't on fire.
This should win some kind of award... Because it is bad on SO many levels. Bad in the cheesy and ridiculous dialog, bad in its one dimensional characterizations, bad in its hollywood Faust by committee script, bad in Nicolas Cage's age inappropriate dyed black hair and over the top "acting", bad in that I wasted time, money and effort on a movie that doesn't know who it's audience is: children, teenagers or perhaps very undiscerning (or stoned) adults. This movie is final proof that Nicholas Cage will act in any movie so long as the price is right, as though National Treasure or The Wicker Man wasn't proof enough. Eva Mendez is even worse, but she was obviously chosen because of her looks, not her acting ability. There is NO chemistry, nada, zip, between her and Cage's Johnny Blaze. The worst comic movie ever and yes I'm including Halle Berry's Catwoman, Electra and the theatrical release of Ben Gagfleck's Daredevil. Oh and watch for Sam Elliot once again doing his schtick, complete with f**king cowboy hat, as the wise outsider, in this case a gravedigger, youch. It's as stupid a movie as ever came out of Hollywood and a huge disservice to a character I loved as a kid. At one point Nick says the line "Is this thing ever going to end?" MST3K where are you?
Thank you GETWHATWEGIVE This movie is great, if U like candy coated turds!!!!! Whatta load of grass clippings!!! (no PROFANITY) The start of movie was actally pretty good, the orgin of Johnny and his dead father (actually touching) and the intro of the villians wasn't bad!! What happened??? where did this movie go wrong. Bad characterization??? Devil/hell rules and regulations??? Need a schith to dissolve demons??? What??? WHere??? How??? Okay. At least it wasn't Electra (the worst of all Comic book movies, Marvel or otherwise!!!!)!!! That ain't sayin' much. And, what's worse, is the movie sold very well. So, look forward to GRII!!! And don't get me started on the first HULK (w/Eric Banana)fiasco!! He looked like green jello!!! The HULK is not made of green jello!!!
Stare of Death! Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is probably one of the most horrible films that my eyes have ever had the dissatisfaction of viewing. Literally every thing went wrong in this movie. The CG is horrible. The writing is horrible. The action is nonexistent. The fact that you are even looking up this DVD is shameful.
The story...I don't even want to have to explain this crap because it was so bad. Johnny Blaze and his father Barton Blaze are carnival workers who amaze audiences with their motorcycles stunts. Johnny is in love with a woman named Roxanne and they want to run away together. Johnny soon realizes his father has Cancer and is very upset by it. So he goes to the carnival to play with his bikes. Suddenly the Devil shows up and says that he'll cure Barton's Cancer if Johnny will sign his soul over. Johnny accepts and Barton's cancer goes away. Then, the Devil turns out to be a complete a-hole and kills his father anyway. The Devil tells him to forget about his friends, family, and loved ones. So he does and rides off.
Johnny, played by Nicolas Cage, goes on to live a fairly normal life. Oddly enough he has friends and still remembers everything about the girl he once loved. Obviously the Devil had no idea what he was doing. The Devil then tells Johnny that he's going to have to kill Blackheart and The Hidden Ones. Yes, that is what they are called.
The beginning segment that shows his carnival days with his dad is horrible. The entire part is full of bad acting, bad CG, and bad everything. His later years are basically the same thing. The Hidden Ones are elemental demons that Johnny seems to be fighting for no reason, but lack anything really cool about them. Nicolas Cage literally kills all of them in one swift move. If all else fails, he uses his stare of death. Yes...he stares at them...to death. He was wasting his time; he could've just made them watch this movie and they would've died. After he completely dominants these villains you will hear great lines like "It's time to clear the air" or some random laugh. This is all added in with the fact that he has this evil demon voice and sounds like a 12-year-old girl when he acts that way. It eliminates any possibility of Ghost Rider having anything cool about him at all. The entire thing is so cheesy you'll think you've become a cheese nip.
At least you get some cool fight scenes right? The movie Bambi had more action in it. Nicolas Cage just waves his badly computer generated chain around and the bad guys just vanish...or he stares at them and they die. I mean...this is pathetic.
Overall this movie has no redeeming qualities to it at all. If you loved the comic book, don't watch this movie. If you love movies, don't watch it. If you love your kids, don't watch this because I am afraid of what might happen to them in your rage over this movie. Don't give them the stare of death!
Long time fan of Ghost Rider, Absolutely hated the movie. First of all I wanted to say that Ghost Rider has always been my favorite Marvel Character. I used to carry a ghost rider trading card in my wallet.
That said, i thought this movie was absolutly horrendous. I find it hard to watch nicholas cage movies any more, with Raising Arizona being an exception. Here are just a few reasons why this movie is so terrible:
1. The character developement was next to non existent. 2. The special effects were cheesy. The Bike looked cool, but thats about it. 3. The dialogue was laughable. 4. The fighting scenes, if you can call them that were short, and despite them being so quick, they were very dull. 5. The villians were lame, looked stupid, had some of the worst expressions on their faces, 30 days of night bad, and died like chumps. 6. The acting was really bad. I don't think the lame dialogue helped the acting, nor the stiff delivery help the dialogue.
I wish I could say something good about this movie. I guess Eva Mendez is nice to look at. One of my least favorite movies of all time.
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