![]() ![]() Just as detrimental, there’s little joy to the proceedings, with the filmmakers failing to find much entertaining about the story’s inherently ludicrous showdown between Satan and the forces of good, which are represented by a guy with a flaming skull, a leather jacket and a steady stream of dopey quips.įor too long, Cage has seemingly retired from serious acting to deliver one rampaging, unsubtle performance after another – often in forgettable B-movie offerings. Unfortunately, after a sufficiently adrenaline-fuelled opening action sequence, Spirit Of Vengeance quickly turns conventional, providing few pulse-pounding thrills. Not surprisingly then, directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor – known professionally as Neveldine/Taylor – would seem to be a good choice to helm this sequel since their work on Crank and Crank: High Voltage boasted a giddy, over-the-top aesthetic. ![]() But Blaze decides to join forces with a monk named Moreau (Idris Elba) who is trying to save a young boy (Fergus Riordan) and his mother (Violante Placido) who are being pursued by the devil (Ciaran Hinds).īased on the Marvel character, Spirit Of Vengeance (like its predecessor) tries to provide both comic-book action and tongue-in-cheek humour. The new film finds former stuntman Johnny Blaze (Cage) hiding out in Eastern Europe as he continues to contend with the curse that turns him into the Ghost Rider in the presence of evil. But the question remains whether Cage’s fading star power might keep fans of the original away from this sequel, which will have the benefit of inflated 3D prices. Opening in the US on February 17 for the long Presidents’ Day weekend, Spirit Of Vengeance would love to match the first film’s $229m worldwide grosses, which were almost perfectly divided between domestic and international markets. Neveldine/Taylor peak early with a chase sequence they don’t get close to matching the rest of the way. Coming five years after the original Ghost Rider, this new entry ends up feeling a bit like cinematic road kill, neither exciting nor comic enough to get anyone’s motor running. Nicolas Cage’s bug-eyed theatrics provide the only spark in Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance, a disappointingly stale sequel from the directing team of Neveldine/Taylor, who are best known for their gonzo Crank films. ![]()
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