
When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends, and his girlfriend Roxanne. Many years later, Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now... (Full plot summary below)
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When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends, and his girlfriend Roxanne. Many years later, Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a television reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the "Ghost Rider" and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on Earth.
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| Dallas Morning NewsMatt WeitzNeither contemptuous of its audience nor merely stupid, Ghost Rider's nonsensical histrionics are an almost perfect mirror of its comic-book source. |
| Sean the Movie GuySean McBrideThere's nothing here that you haven't seen previously in much better comic book movies. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussYou know if you're into this stuff, and if you are, Ghost Rider is fine. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansThe movie crashes and burns, in a perfect arc from so-bad-it's-good to so-bad-it's-still-bad. |
| MovieJuice!Mark Ramsey'I've always wanted Scott Baio's scalp from Charles in Charge, and now I have it,' said Nick. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesBad fun if you're in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Andrew WrightA sodden, listless mess that wouldn't thrill even the most ardent Hot Topic enthusiast. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyNicolas Cage wangs it up with a not-so-subtle Elvis impersonation as Johnny Blaze, the comic book hero who transforms into a flaming skeleton bounty hunter for the Devil. |
| Eclipse MagazineMichelle AlexandriaSo far this year's crop of films have all been sort of drab, kind of depressingly boring, and just Eh..This is the first purely fun, if not cheesy stupid, movie of the year. I don't know if it's good but it's a hell of a ride. |
| Sci-Fi WeeklyStaci Layne WilsonAll too often, it dips into dour drama and schmaltzy romance. |