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Ghost Rider
U/A (INDIA)
2007
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28
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61
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2.2
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1.5
Other than that, Ghost Rider is perfectly watchable and just as perfectly forgettable, ideal for the boob tube someday when youre twelve.
Rob's Movie Vault
1.5
The character is matched to a Cage performance thats isnt much fun; it plays like a limp retread of both his underwhelming turn in the first film, and ..
Av Club
2.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 runtime 114 minutes Wide Release Date 02/16/07 performer Nicolas Cage, Wes Bentley, Eva Mendes director ..
EW
2.0
This bland new money spinner from the Marvel Comics stable manages to notch up a level of camp that makes Batman and Robin look like it was directed b ..
Time Out
1.3
Marvels Ghost Rider has always been a thoroughly transparent, inorganic creation.
2.0
Do I have to wait for the sequel, His Head Is on Fire 2, before I get my wish.Darn, I hate it when that happens.
1.5
Even Ghost Riders flaming head is a lift from the pages of Washington Irving.
4.5
Its refreshing, in fact, that theres no need to cram a love story in here.
IGN
4.0
Bad fun if youre in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage.
E Film Critic
1.0
Ghost Rider has an estimated budget of $120 million. While the studio might have been willing to spend all that money on this dull flop, its reassurin ..
E Film Critic
2.0
Its close to the classic werewolf story, except with biker and Western themes, which should be really awesome.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
A blockbuster that offers enough quirky pleasures to feel fresh and unpredictable.
2.5
Rarely in Hollywood have so many labored so hard with so much time and such financial resources to fill a movie screen with as vast an array of spirit ..
Ny Daily News
2.5
Whats not cool: It shouldnt have been, but I found the movie incredibly boring.
Screen Rant
2.0
Crappy comic, worse movie...joins Albert Pyuns Captain America at the bottom of the Marvel barrel.
One Guys Opinion
0.5
The blank, frenetic exhaustion of the final reel acts like a kid who tries to snap out of a candy binge coma by snorting lines of Pixy Stix.
Village Voice
1.3
Best lines Is this thing ever gonna end Not even close. I shore wish this thang coulda turned out different.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
And the pedestrian predictability of the action sequences isnt a saving factor.
ReelViews
1.9
Reminder, tonight at 10 pm/ET marks the series finale of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as well as th
Tv Guide
2.5
But though the film may feel effortless, by the same token it also feels as if its not trying at all.Every plot turn is slavishly predictable, and cer ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
One blazing wake of destruction after another is pretty much the meat of this CGI roller coaster ride that sticks with you about as long as the popcor ..
1.3
Johnson has infused Ghost Rider with a relentlessly campy vibe thats reflected in virtually every aspect of the production from the laughably overwrou ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Sure, its cheesy, the special effects arent that great, and the story is inconsistent, but it has a talented cast and some good action scenes.
Lariat
2.0
Factor in Eva Mendes hilariously unconvincing performance as the TV reporter, the convoluted and muddy storyline, and the general lack of thrills or e ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott and Donal Logue stand kibitzing on the sidelines.
News Review
3.0
Similarly, a lot of the comedy falls horribly flat and Donal Logue gets a very raw deal as Blazes supposed best friend.As comic book movies go, this d ..
View London
1.5
What with Ghost Riders tiresomely unoriginal Goth visuals, lack of internal logic, poorly directed performers, disrespect for its audience, and postur ..
Film Journal International ..
1.9
This supernatural action/thriller cant decide whether it wants to go for laughs or chills, and some of the supposedly chilling moments are the sillies ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
The genre might be summed up as Redneck Horror Faust, or maybe NASCAR Goth.
Boston
3.5
But lets face it, the appeal lies in the preposterous nature of all thisand in Cages truly bizarre performance.
Mountain X
3.0
Ghost Rider could have been one hell of a horror epic, instead of this mediocre camp thriller Johnson chucks at us.
Cinema Crazed
3.0
And while it takes a good hour for the Rider to arrive, he doesnt disappoint.
Empire
3.0
The target market being fans of the Marvel comic hero, Ghost Rider.
3.0
By any real world standard, this is a stupid piece of junk. But its very good at being a stupid piece of junk.
Movies
1.3
The occasional good looking shot does not a good movie make, though, as whatever potential the film might have held is lost upon a rotten screenplay w ..
The Movie Boy
1.0
However, if you go into it thinking, This is going to be the worst movie ever made, theres a certain vindication in enjoying its spectacular badness t ..
Bullz-Eye
1.0
But the picture remains only marginally more eccentric than the average, industry standard, mid budget sequel.Whats it all about
The Irish Times
2.0
ts fun in places, but the second youre out the cinema, Ghost Rider vanishes from memory in a big puff of smoke.
Total Film
2.0
Among Marvels cinematic output Ghost Rider crashes and burns resoundingly at the bottom largely because the characters appeal has always been its uniq ..
Hollywood
1.3
Once more done a bang up job of delivering a stink bomb so rancid audiences will be smelling it for the rest of the year.
Movie Freak
3.0
(One funny touch is Blazes proclivity for the Carpenters the horror!)
3.0
You wouldnt want to slam back shots of tequila without licking the salt and sucking the lime. see Ghost Rider without being ready for some comic book ..
7M Pictures
3.1
Marvel revived it in the 1970s and again in the 1990s with its current supernatural biker spin.The movie cleverly connects the dots from then to now.
The Star
1.5
As unwieldy a film as one can imagine, Ghost Rider mixes Christian theology, classic Western motifs, pure horror, glitzy special effects and modern su ..
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Fabled fiery vindicators are difficult enough to grasp; gothic, yuppie, soul sucker elementals are entirely crossing the line.
1.5
Not as dreadful as the studios decision to withhold press screenings until less than 24 hours before opening day would suggest, but not especially goo ..
La Weekly
3.0
Its his greatest gift and when used to advantage, as it is here, a delight in which to wallow with Cage doing Elvis as zenmaster with a deeply affecti ..
Killer Movie Reviews
1.3
I dont have anything against an actor taking a paycheck role, Im just getting a little tired of it from Mr. Cage.
Big Picture Big Sound
1.9
I kept hoping the Scooby Doo gang would come out, rip the mask off of Cage and reveal Ghost Rider really is crazy old man Ben Affleck! That would expl ..
Waffle Movies
2.5
Clever casting and top notch effects cant fix a pandering, mass audience appeal script that refuses to let the Spirit of Vengeance fully out of his bo ..
Movie Crypt
3.1
Just think of it as a redo of the Little Nicky plot, but funnier.Yes, funnier!
Montreal Film Journal
2.5
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Entertainment Times Online ..
2.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.0
So, if you can stomach a movie thats designed from the ground up to sell popcorn, then you should have a blast.
The Shiz Nit
3.0
Ghost Rider is an oddly beguiling mixture of horror movie, biker flick, pulp Faust legend, redemption melodrama and western, featuring quite astonishi ..
Film Guardian
3.0
His sheer deadpan goofiness makes this an enjoyable piece of bubblegum, though probably best for DVD.
Film Guardian
1.9
For a movie that places so much emphasis on the soul, Ghost Rider is conspicuously devoid of one.
Scene Stealers
2.5
Yet for all their evident interest and affinity for the material, the filmmakers havent made a very good movie.
Decent Films
1.0
However, when it comes to sheer flash, noise and spectacle Ghost Rider is hard to beat and makes for a passable hour and a half at the cinemas.
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
Neither contemptuous of its audience nor merely stupid, Ghost Riders nonsensical histrionics are an almost perfect mirror of its comic book source.
Guide Live
1.5
The story doesnt arc so much as unspool like a stretch of desert highway, but the Ghost Rider is such a powerful amalgam of hot rod iconography that t ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
Overall Ghost Rider is too amiable to raise ones critical hackles much.Its a good natured bad movie.
Tony Mack
2.0
But devoid of either of those assets, its left with turgid solemnity trying to convince us that its disjointed pieces somehow fit into a whole.The tru ..
Flip Side Archive
2.0
Critics attempt to critique films like Ghost Rider with a straight face, but it never works out. Thats why Im going to just come out and say it: Ghost ..
From The Balcony
1.5
The best that can be said about this movie, which is quite bad, is that its not a complete surprise.
M Tv
2.0
Cage needs to produce something special next to make up for crimes against cinema.
Future Movies
3.1
Ghost Rider had some excellent one liners, comedic breaks, and enough excitement to keep me wondering when and where the next battle might ensue.
Entertainment Spectrum
3.1
Although Ghost Rider wouldnt necessarily qualify as a good movie, it does have a few wonderfully goofy moments squeezed in between a lot of unspectacu ..
James Sanford on Film
3.1
Only when the flaming skeleton strides his fiery bike does the film hit high gear which, admittedly, is often enough to make this a passably diverting ..
Aisle Seat
1.9
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get back returns
Movie Eye
2.5
If Nicolas Cage werent a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit, this Marvel comic to big screen adaptation would have no torque at all.
Boston Phoenix
1.5
Sam Shephards big redemptive moment proves farcical thanks to a poorly CG animated horse.
Dark Horizons
1.5
This is the type of film for which the actors involved carefully describe it in press junkets and interviews as a lot of fun rather than good.
IGN Movies
2.0
After years in development hell, the Marvel Comics anti hero Ghost Rider has finally roared onto the silver screen.
Movies Ign
1.5
But for the rest of us, this strange amalgamation of Texas Ranger lore, NASCAR bravado, and the Devil and Daniel Webster trickery keeps the campy fun ..
World Wng
4.5
Essentially playing a superhero, Cages Johnny Blaze doesnt take himself too seriously, bringing much needed comic relief into the film.
Parent Previews
2.0
Nicolas Cage wangs it up with a not so subtle Elvis impersonation as Johnny Blaze, the Marvel comic book hero who transforms into a flaming skeleton b ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
The tagline for the new Ghost Rider movie promises that Hell is about to be unleashed! Actually, that might be an understatement. After seeing the mov ..
Week In Rewind
2.0
So far this years crop of films have all been sort of drab, kind of depressingly boring, and just Eh..This is the first purely fun, if not cheesy stup ..
Eclipse Magazine
1.5
What begins as a standard yet watchable superhero adventure slowly congeals into something approaching the caliber of Catwoman. Not as bad, but kinda ..
Cinematical
1.9
If Cage made a deal with the devil to never make a good movie ever again, Ghost Rider completes his transition from A list star to industry punchline.
Chicago Tribune
5.0
Dont worry your little head with the niceties of plot; they dont matter much.
The Tyee
2.0
Ghost Rider is a comic fans celluloid nightmare. Jokey to a fault and weighty as newsprint, it lives down to the negative attributes attached to the c ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
2.0
Ive always wanted Scott Baios scalp from Charles in Charge, and now I have it, said Nick.
Movie Juice
1.9
Yet another comic book adaptation that goes up in flames before our very eyes.
1.9
For years scientists have theorized that one day Nicolas Cage would overact so badly that his head would burst into flames. Now, with Ghost Rider, the ..
Arizona Daily Star
2.0
Ghost Rider is very much a movie for 9 year olds that feels like it was made by a 9 year old. Even 14 or 15 year olds will feel too old for what passe ..
Chud
2.5
A by the numbers hammy superhero caper that reaches new levels of blandness.
3.0
It wasnt high art or even worthy of superhero genre bigness, but it was engaging where it counted.
English Oh My News
2.5
Whatever the reason, Ghost Rider earns disbelief for its semi serious tone when it could have gone for broke and allowed us to laugh at it.
Mark Reviews Movies Tripod ..
0.8
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
Time Out Ny
1.3
An abysmal excuse of a film featuring Nicolas Cages worst performance yet and only marginally improving on the Spawn formula.
Cinema Sight
1.5
Its easy to imagine why Cage would want to write a couple of his own lines. After all, youd tell Dr. Kevorkian you could take your own temperature, ri ..
Rich Mond
2.0
Ghost Rider reportedly cost $120 million to make. But the resulting cheesy CGI effects, bad sets and music and mugging by the actors, especially Cage, ..
Boston Herald
4.5
Eva Mendes is definitely nice to look at, but she doesnt add much as Roxanne.
Super Hero Hype
1.5
... Ghost Rider still manages to be a pretty enjoyable diversion if you dont hold it under close scrutiny. Or better yet, any scrutiny. (Extended Cut)
DVD Review
2.0
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Scifi
0.5
This movie is stupid in the best possible way. I cheered all the way through my shrieks of glee echoing off the walls.
Wired
1.5
Director Mark Steven Johnson is infinitely less concerned with exploring Blazes smoldering, soul deprived isolation than he is infatuated with the cha ..
House Next Door
4.5
Fonda is smart casting as Mephistopheles, while sultry Mendes is topnotch eye candy.
Sunday Mirror (UK)
1.5
have showcased more complex characterizations and heartfelt emotion than many of Hollywoods serious dramas in recent years, proving it is possible to ..
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