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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThis time out, writer and director Mark Steven Johnson has bounced back with a movie so full of camp spirit it should come with tents and a marshmallow roast.
- It's entertaining to watch ol' hothead do his thing with his fiery chain and his "penance stare," but for a comic book with a rebel spirit, the adaptation feels obediently conventional.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWith its cheesy special effects and blasphemously imbecilic storyline, one wonders whether the celluloid version of Ghost Rider will find an audience.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrGhost Rider is the kind of movie that's great stupid fun as long as someone else is buying the tickets.
- 38TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghMarvel-man Mark Steven Johnson, who wrote and directed "Daredevil" (2003) and scripted "Elektra" (2005), continues to demonstrate the wrong way to make comic book movies: Make sure special effects overwhelm the characters, let campy mannerisms go unchecked and be sure dialogue is declaimed rather than spoken.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAll of [Cages's] natural charisma is unable to compensate for the plodding narrative and thin characterizations.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe movie's last words are "This is how legends are born." Make that stillborn, because when the makers of this one pitch the sequel, the only answer is going to be, "Ah HA HA HA!"
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubGhost Rider has everything you don't want from your superhero movie, including lack of logic, boring action scenes, bad acting in the supporting performances, a brutally slow 114-minute running time and cringe-worthy dialogue.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe real evil in this flick isn't Blackheart (Wes Bentley), the devil's son, it's the soul-sucking devil of modern cinema: Hollywood formula.
- 20VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThough the superhero's fans have long awaited his close-up, the Devil's bounty hunter -- complete with a burning skull for a head and a killer motorcycle in flames --materializes in a movie that never measures up to his infernal potential.