granted, the first one wasnt that good, but it wasnt as bad as it could have been. it was a fairly straight forward superhero movie. this one though? quite different... it doesnt waste any time with an origin story or anything like that, we are just told that johnny blaze made a deal with the devil and now, for some reason, is living in the former soviet union (at least i think thats where it takes place...). he's got a score to settle and nothing is going to stop him! this movie is rather crazy, although what else would you expect from the directors who made the 'crank' series? the story doesnt make much sense, instead feeling like just a random collection of scenes for our hero to 'ghost ride' in to. but we arent here for the story, are we? its all about the vengeance, and this movie has a few really cool looking fight scenes. the certainly got the flaming skeleton right- that thing was awesome! they also got the attitude of ghost rider right: he doesnt care about being nice, he's there to get rid of the problem. through the frenetic style and balls out violence, we get to see a rather cool interpretation of what this demon would actually be like. when he's not the flaming head though, johnny blaze is absolutely terrible. nicolas cage does his 'crazy guy' shtick here which does seem a bit overboard, even with the chaotic style. i was very excited to see christopher lambert on screen again though, too bad he was completely underused. all in all, this is exactly what it claims to be: an all out trashy 'B' movie!
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