Ghostrider
Best. Cheesy. Movie. EVA!
Based on the Marvel character, 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.
Another comic hero movie but, this time, not one from the big league, like X-Men or Spiderman or Batman or Superman or Hulk. One of the underdogs, like Hellboy.
The story is quite simple, as you can see but the IMDB plot (which is pretty acurate). But the thing is, it is a fun movie to watch. Ok, it has its bad scenes — like a bike riding in the water, in a place that looks more like a studio than the desert outskirts — but, in all, it has more good scenes than bad.
I never thought Nicolas Cage would do a comic hero — he doesn’t look like one, he is the actor that plays characters with complex minds and with complex problems. This time he is just the guy that sold his soul to the devil — which, by the way, isn’t as scary as it could be. Maybe Peter Fonda was just too old to play the devil. Also, due the acting of Matt Long, the beginning of the movie is pretty sucky (and Matt doesn’t look anything like Cage so it seems he was a pretty bad choice to play the young Blaze).
One thing that annoyed me is how easily the Ghostrider takes every enemy. It is like he is so powerful he could ended the battle in just one night (but he doesn’t).
If you have that hot for motorbikes or want to see a movie which doesn’t require a brain and you want some fun, that’s a good movie (heck, I would watch it again!)
