Ghost Rider (2007)

Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.

Director:

Mark Steven Johnson

Writers:

Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay), Mark Steven Johnson (screen story)

Stars:

Matt Long, Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Long	...	Young Johnny Blaze
Raquel Alessi	...	Young Roxanne Simpson
Brett Cullen	...	Barton Blaze
Peter Fonda	...	Mephistopheles
Nicolas Cage	...	Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
Donal Logue	...	Mack
Tony Ghosthawk	...	Team Blaze
Hugh Sexton	...	Team Blaze
Marcus Jones	...	Team Blaze
Matt Norman	...	Team Blaze
Lawrence Cameron Steele	...	X Games Announcer (as Cameron Steele)
Wes Bentley	...	Blackheart
Eddie Baroo	...	Motorcycle Gang Member
Jessica Napier	...	Broken Spoke Waitress
Laurence Breuls	...	Gressil

Storyline

When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the "Ghost Rider" and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth.

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Plot Keywords:

mephistopheles | devil | blackheart | bounty hunter | cancer | 

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Taglines:

He's the only one that can walk on both worlds.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for horror violence and disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Russia]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

El vengador fantasma

Filming Locations:

Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,851,897 (UK) (2 March 2007)

Gross:

$115,802,596 (USA) (27 April 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Crystal Sky Pictures, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 123 min (extended cut)

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color (Cinevex)

Aspect Ratio:

2.40 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Mark Steven Johnson actually put forward his own money to make an action sequence in which Ghost Rider battles a helicopter.

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Goofs

Blaze's "Touchdown Jump" is repeatedly referred to as a "300 foot jump". As a "goalpost to goalpost" jump, it would have been 360 feet.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Caretaker: [voiceover] It's said that the West was built on legends. Tall tales that help us make sense of things too great or too terrifying to believe. This is the legend of the Ghost Rider.

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Crazy Credits

The Marvel logo features comic-book images of the Ghost Rider in its pages; after it fully forms it blazes briefly, then turns metallic and grows spikes, replicating the Ghost Rider's transformation.

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Connections

Spoofed in Robot Chicken: Squaw Bury Shortcake (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Mil Sujetos"
Written by Axel Ramon Perez Gonzales and Kendall Marsh
Performed by Ghostman MC & Mental KM
Courtesy of Mental Music Productions, Inc.

User Reviews

Hell of a Ride

If you go into this movie hoping to see Academy Award caliber acting or a dramatic plot that's going to move you emotionally, then you're going to the wrong movie. However, if you're looking for a movie that's a lot of fun and is going to keep you entertained, then this is exactly what you're looking for.

The visual effects in this movie are, simply put, amazing. Ghost Rider is just one of those movies that's cool to look at. As I said before, the acting sometimes falls a bit flat, but Nicolas Cage does exactly what's expected of him for the role. It's a bit cliché and humorous at times, but this is a movie based on a comic book, so you have to expect that sort of thing.

Sam Elliot and Peter Fonda provide the best acting in the movie, while Wes Bentley does a solid job as Blackheart and Eva Mendez is just a very beautiful actress who fits in well as Roxanne.

There are a lot of little gripes about this movie if you look too hard and overthink it, but as a die-hard Ghost Rider fan, I didn't mind these things so much. It stayed relatively true to the original series, while borrowing elements from the 90's series to help make the movie more visually impressive, which I felt worked really well.

I've been waiting for this movie since they started trying to make it over eight years ago and overall, I'd have to say I really enjoyed seeing my favorite comic book character finally make it onto the big screen.

If you want to go see a movie where you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride; then go see Ghost Rider without any worry of disappointment.