Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

PG-13

Released Feb 17, 2012

1h 36m

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Fantasy

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Now hiding out in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is still struggling with the curse of the Ghost Rider -- the devil's bounty hunter. Johnny meets a priest named Moreau (Idris Elba), who asks Johnny to find a boy named Danny (Fergus Riordan) and bring him back. But there's a catch -- Satan (Ciarán Hinds) 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 own soul as well.

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With a weak script, uneven CG work, and a Nic Cage performance so predictably loony it's no longer amusing, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance aims to be trashy fun but ends up as plain trash.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Cage appears to find his role as this second-tier Marvel Comics antihero alternately silly, tremendously fun, and the means to a decent paycheck for not all that much work.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 24, 2012

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Whether Cage is still paying off castles, appeasing the IRS, or rebuilding his comic book collection, it's clear he's decided, for now, to trade his talent for cold, hard cash.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 18, 2012

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Andrew Barker

Variety

Spirit of Vengeance is weighted down for long stretches in the middle, as it starts to treat its own religious hokum plotline with undue seriousness.

Feb 18, 2012

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Joseph Garcia

Dynamic Duel Podcast

The film revs and stalls, swerving between gritty and silly, with scorching action but a clichéd story, with fiery performances but burned out dialogue.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 25, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Leans into the campier elements of the character and Nicolas Cage, along with the directors, seems to be having a total blast and that comes across on screen.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2023

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Iván Kazi

EscribiendoCine

This time, contrary to the first installment, the film is more entertaining for its fight sequences than for being a story about a blazing avenger. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Jun 21, 2023

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Max K

Not even the action scenes can save this film. Even though Nicolas Cage tries to give good performances, his character has no personality and tends to be the obligatory drama of an action film.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Audience Member

I didn't like the sequel, first one was way better...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Emma F

The movie was a bit of a letdown, and the editing left me feeling a bit queasy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

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Nerd W

Not really the best sequel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Aldy F

the movie is very good and hope there is a remake

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Alysha S

This film was in trouble from the beginning given its predecessor, though that doesn't mean it's unfair how it's been assessed.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Synopsis

Now hiding out in Eastern Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is still struggling with the curse of the Ghost Rider -- the devil's bounty hunter. Johnny meets a priest named Moreau (Idris Elba), who asks Johnny to find a boy named Danny (Fergus Riordan) and bring him back. But there's a catch -- Satan (Ciarán Hinds) 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 own soul as well.

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Producer: Steven Paul, Ashok Amritraj, Michael De Luca, Avi Arad, Ari Arad
Screenwriter: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, David S. Goyer
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Crystal Sky, Hyde Park Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 12, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $51.8M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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