Movie Review - Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance

     

     Went and see the movie a few days back and there's ONE thing I can say towards the end of the show, IT'S MEDIOCRE!. I was quite disappointed with the overall outlook as it was based mostly in a Eastern Europe setting. Movies that was made in Eastern Europe scenery's and outlook RARELY made it to the box office somehow other than the Bond movies.

     So here we are, part 2 of Ghost Rider with the story line has that Johnny Blaze ran away from his home town and escaped to Eastern Europe so that he can escape his past and find a way to stop the 'demon' from coming out at night to punish evil and turn him all fiery. But, somehow he ran into a friend called 'Moreau' who is somehow a devout 'Christian' who's knowledge can eventually help him throughout the movie(and also his skills in using guns!). This time, the DEVIL himself somehow wants to exist in human form with all his powers intact. In this movie, based on the narrator, the devil can transform himself to look like a human, but his powers are limited due to the body's inability to inherit the DEVILS original powers. However, this is all about to change when the devil made a deal with a girl whose in a near-death condition, an exchange for her life, she has to give her baby once she has a son, to him, so he can be transferred to the boy's body. 

Moreau on his bike

     The story starts with a group of Christian priests trying to protect the boy from being kidnapped by a group of mercenaries hired by the Devil. Obviously the priests failed in the process and the boy was indeed kidnapped. This 'Moreau' guy showed up and tried to give chase to the kidnappers but failed. He then approached Johnny Blaze who was then hiding in an abandoned factory. After some convincing from Moreau to Johnny that he needs to save this boy, Johnny Blaze a.k.a Ghost Rider, transformed that night and went searching for the boy. Amazingly he found the boy with great ease, ( a GPS maybe? ) and fought a the group of kidnappers. 

     In this movie, it can be easily seen that Ghost Rider can be indeed be slowed down by heavy weaponry such as bombs or missiles as it been proven in the movie. He ended up in the hospital afterwards. Nursing injury which somehow cured itself. 

'Christopher Lambert' makes a surprising appearance. Its been awhile !

     The story dragged on to the point that I was almost half-asleep until 'Christoper Lambert' showed up casted as the lead-monk whose job is supposedly to protect the boy but instead he had other ideas and wanted to get rid of the boy once and for all. 

     The finale fight ended up in somewhere they called 'The furthest point from heaven', in a small town in Eastern Europe ( cant seem to remember it! ) and they fought and fought and somehow prevented the boy from turning into the Devil. Moreau died in the process. 

     The storyline was somehow very straight-forward and very much predictable at some point, but it has its strong points somehow. Ghost Rider 3 ? I wouldn't bet on it. Just more yawns from me at the cinema.