Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Release Date
17 Feb 2012
TBA
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0/5 Stars.
- Critic rating
- Currently 1/5 Stars.
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Certificate:
12A
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Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
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Scifi
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Fantasy
In the successor to the worldwide hit "Ghost Rider", Johnny still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of the curse forever.
Cast:
Nicolas Cage
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Idris Elba
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Ciaran Hinds
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Christopher Lambert
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Violante Placido
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Johnny Whitworth
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Fergus Riordan
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Movies.ie Critic Review
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (USA/United Arab Emirates/12A/95mins)
Directed by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Christopher Lambert, Fergus Riordan, Johnny Whitworth, Spencer Wilding.
THE PLOT: Perhaps unsurprisingly, stunt rider Johnny Blaze (Cage) is having second thoughts about having sold his soul for a life as the fire-belching and brimstone-tyre-melting Ghost Rider, and so, he’s quick to take up the offer of French motorbiking monk Moreau (a green-eyed Elba) - save a little boy, Danny (Riordan), from the devil, and the curse is lifted. Only Danny boy turns out to be the son of the devil’s representative here on earth, Roarke (Hinds)…
THE VERDICT: The studio distributing this sorry mess put an embargo on the world’s press, demanding it not be reviewed until the actual day of release. It’s an old trick, designed to keep the public from smelling a stinker before they’ve had a chance to pay the admission price, but, truth be told, the embargo has merely drawn more attention to the fact that this Ghost Rider sequel sucks the big one. And how. This sort of B-movie is almost enough to give Nicolas Cage a bad name. At this point, he really should consider remaking The Room. RATING: *
review by paul byrne