Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (2012) - Feb. 19, 2012
About the further exploits of the Ghost Rider -- this time trying to lift his curse by saving a young boy from having his body taken over by the devil.  Though it's a step up from the original, that really doesn't take much.  It's hard not to be let down by this, since this seemed like the perfect material for Nevaldine/Taylor to really run with, but for the most part this felt woefully generic.  There was one amazing scene in which Nicolas Cage questions a guy while struggling to keep himself from turning into the Rider -- this was exactly the kind of inspired madness that I was hoping for when I heard that Nevaldine/Taylor were making a Ghost Rider movie, but it was sadly the only memorable scene in the whole film.  The movie also squandered a couple of pretty great supporting actors -- Idris Elba was saddled with a bizarre French accent, and Ciaran Hinds was a bit too restrained as the devil.  Meh.  It was basically entertaining, I guess.  **1/2