Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Exclusive Series) (non-MCU Marvel)
- Matt Palmer
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min read
Initial release date: February 17, 2012
Studios: Sony-Columbia/Marvel Entertainment/Hyde Park Entertainment
Tagline: He rides again
Plot: Now hiding out in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze is still struggling with the curse of the Ghost Rider - the devil's bounty hunter. Johnny meets a priest named Moreau, who asks Johnny to find a boy named Danny and bring him back. But there's a catch - Satan is looking for the boy too, and has a personal stake in the matter. But if Johnny can find Danny first and save the boy's soul, there's a chance Johnny can save his soul as well.
Cast
Nicolas Cage - Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider
Violante Placido - Nadya
Ciaran Hinds - Roarke
Idris Elba - Moreau
Johnny Whitworth - Ray Corrigan
Fergus Riordan - Danny
Spencer Wilding - Grannik
Jacek Koman - Terrokou
Anthony Head - Benedict
Cristian Iacob - Vasil
Christopher Lambert - Methodius
Writer(s): David S. Goyer
Scott M. Gimple (The Walking Dead)
Seth Hoffman (The Walking Dead)
Director(s): Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (The Vatican Tapes; Gamer; Crank movies)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images and language (96 min)
Last night I had the chance to finally check out the 2007 movie 'Ghost Rider.' Now, even though the first movie had its flaws, I thought it was still fairly entertaining and not as bad as I thought it would be. Well, then I moved on to the widely panned sequel, 'Spirit of Vengeance,' and it could have been A LOT better!
Alright, so this is gonna be a short take. The action scenes are actually really good and some of the visual effects are okay. A good chunk of the movie doesn't have a lot of exciting moments at all. The visual effects of the Ghost Rider has been slightly upgraded and looks cool. Cage's acting in a few scenes is worse than some of his scenes in the previous movie.
If you want to check the sequel out, it's available on the Starz add-on wherever it's available, along with various rental platforms.
Here are a few interesting tidbits for 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance':
After the movie, the live action rights went back to Marvel Studios.
Eva Mendes turned down the option to reprise her role.
Apparently, Peter Fonda was offered to come back in this movie but after reading the first five pages of the script he flat out refused. Good choice lol
Originally intended to be a dark and violent R-rated adaptation that would've fixed much of what fans disliked about the first installment but Sony got cold feet about the idea and instead wanted to go for a more marketing friendly PG-13 rating. An R-rating could have definitely helped the sequel out.
Marvel producer Avi Arad announced the development of 'Ghost Rider 2' in February 2007 at a press event.
The movie opened at No. 3 in North America with a $22.1 million opening weekend, behind 'Safe House', which moved to No. 1 on its second weekend.
It went on to gross $51 million at the US box office and $80.8 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $132.6 million.
n
Comments