Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

PG-13

Released Feb 17, 2012

1 hr. 36 min.

Action

Fantasy

List

19%

120 Reviews

Tomatometer

31%

100,000+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Idan Charles L

This isn't any better than the first one, but at least it's not worst

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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ADjustinG2013

Maddening, like a high on the wrong kind of medicine after the doctor misdiagnosis you. The film hints at the protagonist being a dark, awesome character, but it's wrapped in such a headache that you feel repulsed instead of excited. Gone is any scrap of undeserved charm from the first film. A migraine simulator.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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BRENDEN J

Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance was not a good sequel at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Ricky C

It's so bad Sony let the rights expire after this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Patricia C

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a neutral film of 2011. Which this movie is underrated as well.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Alec B

Like the first one it is extremely dumb but that bothers me less this time. That is probably because the movie is trimmed of any superfluous narrative. Also the digital cinematography is genuinely impressive.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Mark Neveldine

Director

Brian Taylor

Director

Nicolas Cage

Johnny Blaze

Idris Elba

Moreau

Ciarán Hinds

Roarke

Violante Placido

Nadya

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Marc Savlov

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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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James Berardinelli

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This is a boring movie. The over-the-top outlandishness can't disguise that the whole 95 minutes represent one big snooze-fest.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 19, 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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Joseph Garcia

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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

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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

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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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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
Executive Producer: E. Bennett Walsh, David S. Goyer, Stan Lee, Mark Steven Johnson
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
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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