Ghost Rider Film Preview And Trailer
This is the new fantasy thriller movie and big US hit which hits UK cinemas today Friday 2nd March. Starring Nicholas Cage as the eponymous ‘Ghost Rider’ and his alter-ego Johnny Blaze, this is the latest comic book conversion to hit the big screen.
Cage’s Johnny Blaze is a daredevil stunt biker who, as a kid, sells his soul to Mephistopheles (played by the legendary Peter Fonda) to spare his dad from cancer. So the Devil kills his Dad in an accident instead and laughs his head off. In return, Blaze has been turned into the Ghost Rider – a mystical figure who collects on other contracts made by the devil with desperate souls who turn to Satan in a bid to avert disaster.
All good so far (sort of), but then Mephistopheles’ son Blackheart (Wes Bentley) decides he wants to outdo his evil dad by making his own hell on earth. It’s the Ghost Rider’s job to stop him and his henchmen at all costs. Also starring Eva Mendes and Sam Elliott, it’s a comic book hero adventure that despite a panning from the critics, is hitting the box office big in the States and will probably do the same here.
If you like films like Daredevil and Spiderman, you may like this interpretation of the comic book hero. But fans of the series itself seem to think the film and Nicholas Cage have missed an oppurtunity here and made what could be a classic crossover, a mediocre and silly film. If the genre appeals, go and see it, make up your own mind and let me know what you think.
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