Ghost Rider PG 13
Marvel
Comics has a thing for dark and brooding vigilantes, as with the whole
"misunderstood youth empowerment through super powers" deal, and
Ghost Rider is no exception to the rule. The biker with the flaming skullrides into
live action in this intentionally campy and often silly movie version of the
sagas of the "devil's bounty hunter", a man who sells his soul to the
Devil so he can be the best stunt rider, and to avenge his family, not
realizing that the bad guy who started this is the son of the Devil. If it
weren't for the unintended laughs in this, it would be virtually incoherent.
Nick Cage isn't convincing as an Evil Kenevil clone any more than he is a
bounty hunter. Premise of hellfire covered biker makes a cooler metal band logo
or shirt from Hot Topic than it would an actual guy. The bike even turns evil.
Don't ask. Worth a rental but not to be taken seriously. Review by Adam Browne
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