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Mood:
- SuspensefulExciting
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Plot:
- SuperheroSupernatural AbilityCurses Spells and RitualsDangerEscapadesHeroesImaginarySupernatural more...
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Genres:
- ActionFantasy
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Place:
- USA
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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- Blockbuster
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Based on:
- Based on Comics
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- SeriousFantasticFast
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Look:
- Special Effects
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Ghost Rider, 2007
English
USA, Australia
Profile of Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider can be described as exciting and suspenseful. The plot revolves around superheroes, curses, spells and rituals, and supernatural abilities. The main genres are action and fantasy. In approach, Ghost Rider is fantastical and serious. The storytelling is fast paced. It is located in the USA. Visually, Ghost Rider involves special effects. It is adapted from a comic. The movie has received attention for being a blockbuster. Ghost Rider is well suited for teens and a boys' night.
Summary of Ghost Rider
The prophetically named Johnny Blaze and his father perform death-defying stunts in a carnival, but the real danger to his dad's life is the cancer growing within his dying body. To save him, Johnny makes a deal with Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda, EASY RIDER) and sacrifices his soul. When his father is killed mid-stunt, Johnny runs away, leaving behind his grief and a young love named Roxanne. Years later, Johnny (Nicolas Cage, WORLD TRADE CENTER ) is the most famous rider in the country. Despite his daredevil tendencies, Johnny is a different man when he's not riding his bike. Though he wears leather jackets and pants, he prefers jelly beans to Jim Beam while listening to the Carpenters. Years have passed since Johnny has seen the love of his life, but he still carries a torch for Roxanne (Eva Mendes, HITCH). When he sees her after a stunt, he tries to regain her love and trust. But it's time for the devil to take his due as he brings Johnny into an epic battle with Blackheart (Wes Bentley, AMERICAN BEAUTY). In the presence of evil, Johnny transforms into a super-strong skeleton with a flaming skull who has the power to defeat Blackheart and his minions.
As Johnny, Cage plays a cross between his Elvis devotee in WILD AT HEART and the sensitive he-man in CON AIR. The evil Mephistopheles is Fonda's most memorable role since his Oscar-nominated turn in ULEE'S GOLD, and this film provides an opportunity for him to return to the spotlight. GHOST RIDER doesn't rank with the best of the comic book adaptations such as SPIDER-MAN and BATMAN BEGINS, but director Mark Steven Johnson (DAREDEVIL) provides a film driven by both humor and action.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Australia |
| Release date: | 16 February 2007 |
| Runtime: | 114 min |
Cast and Crew
as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
as Blackheart
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Critics Reviews
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Liam Lacey
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Users Reviews
- 09.February.2011
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- by: Lindsey Brown
- Lindsey Brown rated this movie6/10Okay
- 31.December.2010
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- by: Davey K
- Davey K rated this movie
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