Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor (Gamer)
	Actors: Nicolas Cage (Face/Off, Knowing), Ciarán Hinds (John Carter, Game of Thrones TV-series), Idris Elba (Thor)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 07.10.2017, VOD, 40" TV screen.
Synopsis: As Johnny Blaze (Cage) hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil (Hinds), who is trying to take human form.
Review: I didn't get the chance to see the first Ghost Rider from 2007 in which Nicolas Cage was already playing the cursed biker, but I read bad things about both movies, especially this sequel shot "for cheap" in Eastern Europe. Well I found this movie not so bad, in particular thanks to a dedicated look and spirit, and decent special effect (at least on a TV screen). The music is rock-n-roll, the shooting and editing nervous, like the acting by the main characters Cage and Elba. I found Cage to well play the tortured soul when human, and the semi-crazy fallen God when not. The flaming skull and motorbike look cool, but not as much as the mining machine mounted by the rider at some point! A pretty awesome scene. Some animated scenes summarize the birth of the character (from the first movie I guess), which is also well in the spirit. All in all rather entertaining. Note that although adapted from Marvel Comics, those two movies don't belong to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Iron Man, The Avengers...) but the character of Ghost Rider is central to the fourth season of the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Rating: 5 /10