Every once in a while one of those movies come out that are just soo terrible and soo pathetic I spend the entire movie laughing at it, I wanna stress at and not with. Ghost rider 2 is one of those types of movies. The story is a complete mess, It is about how the devil (Ciaran Hinds) gets some chick named Nadya (Violante placido) pregnant and then Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Nicholas Cage) has to save Nadya and her son Danny (Fergus Riodan) from the bad guys and kill the devil, all while trying to lift his curse. The plot really doesn't evolve much past that. Just about after every 5 minutes I had myself asking what was the point of that scene? And how bout instead of standing there rocking back and forth and staring people in the eyes awkwardly you just go and kill them. It was made very clear that they tried desperately hard to try and make Cage look cool, but in all honesty he is not and thanks to this movie, his acting career is soon to be dead. No actor in this movie showed any emotion, during those "deep heartfelt" moments where you are supposed to see someone cry, cage just stares awkwardly at the camera. The soundtrack was another spot where they tried too hard to make it seem cool, and it just failed and led to awkward fight scenes. The Cgi I'll be honest was pretty good, but the complete fail of 3D ruined it. In terms of art direction only one scene interested me a bit, with which on the left half of the screen was a guy talking on the phone and the right was the guy he was talking to, the contrast in 3D was neat to see but it kinda overloaded my brain a bit. The one liners are horrendous and had me face-palming consistently throughout the movie, they rival all of the time puns that were said throughout spy kids 4. The whole concept of Ghost Rider I feel has potential, but thanks to the terrible directing choices by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor it is just a complete train wreck. If you are looking for an awesome kick-a** action movie to see, skip this one. However if you are looking for some great laughs AT it, not with, then it might be worth shelling out the money to see it.
Favorite Quote:
Danny: Are we safe?
Johnny Blaze: I'd say yes! H*** Yes!
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