Spirit of vengeance is that former daredevil turned flaming skulled biker johnny blaze nicolas cage has been holed up in eastern europe, and moreau seeks him out to help protect danny a child with mysterious powers, who is being hunted by carrigan. Three stars out of five nicolas cage returns to play johnny blaze, also known as ghost rider, the superhero antihero from marvel comics. Nicolas cage ghost rider 2 spirit of vengeance interview. Sep 06, 2017 ghost rider is all the rage on marvels agents of shield this season, and fans have praised gabriel lunas performance as the character. Ghost rider prison break scene 610 movieclips youtube. Spirit of vengeance really wont be for everyone, but for anyone looking for an alternative comic book movie, instilled with a manic energy and nonstop adrenaline fuelled action in. Jun 19, 2014 just thought this was fucking amazing the writing acting and dialog may be terrible in this movie but everytime ghost rider is on screen it becomes so epic. Spirit of vengeance, a sequel to the fiery, motorcycledriving demon antihero.
This film gets the essence of the comic book which is what you really want it to. Spirit of vengeance press conference, star nicolas cage and codirectors brian taylor and mark neveldine talk about their extreme new vision for the marvel comics hellion. Spirit of vengeance, it returns nicolas cage to the role of johnny blaze. Nicolas cage wants to see ghost rider return to the big.
See more ideas about ghost rider, ghost rider marvel and spirit of vengeance. Jan 27, 2012 nicolas cage returns as johnny blaze in columbia pictures and hyde park entertainments ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance is so bad, its good but id rather take a movie that embraces that rather than the first films more boring, slowpaced nature. Nicolas cage returns as johnny blaze in columbia pictures and hyde park entertainments ghost rider. Nicolas cage reprised the role in a sequel, ghost rider. In may 2011, ghost rider placed 90th on igns top 100 comic book heroes list. Ghost rider dvd setr ghost rider johnny blaze nicolas cage was only a teenaged stunt biker when he sold his soul to the devil peter fonda. What fans havent praised, however, is nicholas cage s take. Nicolas cages comic book collection was renowned as one of the most impressive celebrityowned collections of comic books. Columbia pictures kicked off its multihour comic con panel with a firstlook at ghost rider. Spirit of vengeance is a 2011 american superhero film based on the marvel comics antihero ghost rider. The 2007 film ghost rider had many of the elements necessary for crackerjack entertainment, or at least goofy, guilty fun. When nicolass second child was born, in 2005, cage named his newborn son kalel coppola cage.
Spirit of vengeance is one of 2012s most important comic book movies fed up of cookiecutter comic book movies. In the successor to the worldwide hit ghost rider, johnny still. Aug 28, 2012 i personally felt that it was a fairly decent comic book adaptation, whose only pitfall was the lack of a decent villain and a mumbled storyline. He also portrayed damon macreadybig daddy in kickass and voiced peter parkerspiderman noir in spiderman. The new skull appears to be black and charred, indicating that the skull is actually on fire as opposed to the clean, fleshless skull simply cloaked in fire in the previous film. Although both films had a respectable showing at the box office, they were widely. Nicolas cage portrayed johnny blaze ghost rider in ghost rider and ghost rider. Jan 05, 2012 nicolas cage ghost rider 2 spirit of vengeance interview.
New ghost rider looks like most hellacious comic book movie ever. Spirit of vengeance years ago, johnny blaze was cursed after making a deal with a demon turning him into the ghost rider. The ghost riders skull seems to have been redesigned for the sequel. Ghost rider is a 2007 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character of the same name. Years later, johnny is a world renowned daredevil by day, but at night, he becomes the ghost rider of marvel comics legend. Ghost rider is the name of many antiheroes and superheroes appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics.
In defense of nicholas cages ghost rider comic book. Jan 21, 2018 before he took on the role of marvels johnny blaze for ghost rider and ghost rider. Comic book movies were in a different place back in 2007 when the original ghost rider was released. Spirit of vengeance opening opposite the nicolas cage comic book adaptation are this means war, starring reese witherspoon, chris pine and tom hardy, and animated pic the secret. But if youre really stoned or just want to see cool sht on screen for an hour and a half and theres literally nothing else to watch, go ahead and knock yourself out with ghost rider. Significant roles smokey in rumble fish 1983, vincent dwyer in the cotton club 1984, charlie bodell in peggy sue got married 1986, h. With nicolas cage, ciaran hinds, idris elba, violante placido. Comic book movies, no matter how disappointing, generally manage to deliver at least halfway competent action scenes, but thats not the case here. Spirit of vengeance was a modest success but also grossed significantly less than its predecessor too. New ghost rider looks like most hellacious comic book movie. Still, its worth pointing out that during the press screening for ghost rider. Nicolas cage, idris elba, eva mendes, sam elliot, mark johnson, mark neveldine, brian taylor. Ghost rider spirit of vengeance comic book and movie.
Nicolas cage on superman, justice league, and whether hed do. What fans havent praised, however, is nicholas cages take on the spirit of vengeance in his two ghost rider films. Nicolas cage also trains in wing chun, karate and jeet kune do. Jun 20, 2016 nic has even gone as far to prove his comic book love in other ways as well. Spirit of vengeance is very comic book in nature, the content is likely to be too frightening for young children. Gabriel luna played robbie reyes in the television series agents of s. Now hiding out in eastern europe, johnny blaze nicolas cage is still struggling with the curse of the ghost rider the devils bounty hunter.
Still struggling with his curse as the devils bounty hunter, johnny is hiding out in a remote part of europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. A lifelong comic book fan, cage who was once set to headline the tim burtondirected and never. Nicolas cage the nephew of famous director francis ford coppola, he has appeared in close to 60 films, notable highlights being faceoff 1997 and ghost rider 2007. Spirit of vengeance is the second film outing for nic cage as johnny blaze, and a much more successful one thanks to crank directors neveldine and taylor. Interview with nicolas cage and idris elba nicholas cage discusses new features he added to the ghost rider role, while idris elba explains his character, moreau. Nicolas cage is in talks to star in his first studio movie since 2011s ghost rider. Former daredevil stuntman johnny blaze ghost rider nicolas cage is in selfimposed exile from the world. Dont go into this expecting to see a good adaptation of a comic book. Nicholas cage discusses new features he added to the ghost rider role, while idris elba explains his. Ghost rider the penance stare scene 510 movieclips. The questions and answers all covered what youd expect, but the power trio of neveldine, taylor and star nicolas cage, plus costars idris elba and johnny whitworth, had some. Johnny blaze, tortured by the ghost rider s curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the devils son, whose father is pursuing him.
Not even the great nicolas cage is enough to hold this piece of trash together. Spirit of vengeance panel at comiccon and proceeded to freak out everyone in attendance in the best possible way. Charlie kaufman donald kaufman 2002 ban the sadist videos. Idris elba through the years 3 nicolas cage through the years 2 comic book movie and tv stars 1 orange and blue posters we love 1 tv shows and movies based on comic. Nicolas cage aka johnny blaze and star of the new movie ghost rider. Nicolas cage 40 idris elba 18 johnny whitworth 15 violante placido 15. Johnny blaze, tortured by the ghost riders curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the devils son, whose father is pursuing him. Spirit of vengeance, but it took a special project to convince him to take a break from the string of forgettable indies with oneword titles that hes been stuck doing for the better part of the decade. Still struggling with his curse as the devils bounty hunter, johnny is hiding out in a remote part of europe when he. Spirit of vengeance press conference, star nicolas cage and codirectors brian taylor and mark neveldine talk about their. Spirit of vengeance was darker, grittier and for a more mature audience.
Though, where ghost rider spirit of vengeance is concerned, i felt that it was just like being sick. Now he has gone into hiding in eastern europe trying to control the spirit which is increasing in strength. Im one of those guys where the more coffee i drink, the more stunts i do, the more relaxed i get. Funny gesamtausgabe graphic novel historie horror humor image james. Nicolas cage played johnny blaze in the liveaction ghost rider 2007 and its sequel, ghost rider. By 20 cage effectively ruled out returning for ghost rider 3 and in the years since has lamented the studio wasnt brave enough to make an rrated movie with the character, especially in light of deadpools success. The ghost rider is an empyreaninfernal creature made of a human spirit and a spirit of vengeance through a contract with satan, dealings with an immortal vengeful spirit, or a supernatural entity. The film was written and directed by mark steven johnson, and stars nicolas cage as johnny blaze ghost rider, with eva mendes, wes bentley, sam elliott, donal logue, matt long, and peter fonda in supporting roles. The pg rating, 3d special effects, comic book origins, and action will likely draw in male teens. Spirit of vengeance talks about how the sequel is a scarier take on the famous comic. Nicolas cage, idris elba, mark neveldine and brian taylor interview ghost rider 2.
Nicolas cage wants to see ghost rider return to the big screen with an rrating and a new lead. Spirit of vengeance at comic con international in san diego was like some weird fever dream. Nicolas cage thinks an rrated ghost rider could be a. Nicolas cage plays a former motorcycle stunt performer who made a deal with the devil to. Mar, 2019 while nicolas cage was fun as johnny blaze the movies themselves left a lot to be desired, so heres why ghost rider 3 will never happen. It was full of great action sequences and a schizophrenic performance from nicolas cage to keep things interesting. Spirit of vengeance nicolas cage arrived at the ghost rider. Sep, 2018 nicolas cage tried his hand at comic book stardom with 2007s ghost rider. Its that one magical day of the year that people all over the world unite to celebrate ghost rider spirit of vengeance starring nicholas cage as johnny blaze. A motorcycle stunt man who sold his soul to the devil to save his father from cancer, and became the devils servant called the spirit of vengeance, a fiery spirit that feeds on the evil of its victims. When motorcycle rider johnny blaze sells his soul to the devil to save his fathers life, he is transformed into the ghost rider, the devils own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners. Nicolas cage returns as johnny blaze in ghost rider spirit of vengeance. Michael connelly, david sardy, mark neveldine, brian taylor, nicolas cage, ciaran. Ghost rider is all the rage on marvels agents of shield this season, and fans have praised gabriel lunas performance as the character.
Nicolas cage returns as johnny blaze in ghost rider spirit of. Pg for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, and language. Nicolas cage has been in a lot of bad movies, but 2012s ghost rider. You might not be aware that nic cage is reprising his role as the flaming skulled ghost riderjohnny blaze comic book character despite the. Kalel being the real kryptonian homeland name for superman. Dec 09, 2016 ghost rider nicolas cage interrupts a mugging and tries out the penance stare, the ability to make the mugger peter barry feel the pain of all his victims. We would therefore not recommend it for kids under 10 and would advise caution for those who are sensitive to violence. I personally felt that it was a fairly decent comic book adaptation, whose only pitfall was the lack of a decent villain and a mumbled storyline. It is a standalone sequel to the 2007 film ghost rider and features nicolas cage reprising his role as johnny blaze ghost rider with supporting roles portrayed by ciaran hinds, violante placido, johnny whitworth, christopher lambert, and idris elba. Spirit of vengeance, nicolas cage came close to portraying the man of steel, having spent a couple of years. Im not going to recommend seeking out a 2d version, however, since the only iteration of ghost rider. Lacking even the perverse pleasure of a memorable nicolas cage performance, this messy superhero pic conjures unpleasant memories.
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