Ghost Rider is the epitome of 2000s comic book movies pre Iron Man & The Dark Knight. In both good and bad ways it's a relic of a time when they still hadn't figured out how to make these so they just threw everything at the wall to see what sticks. It's a romance, a monster movie and a horror all moulded into something clearly inspired by Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
Nicolas Cage's gonzo performance and his excessively southern drawl are the biggest reason why this film is so watchable. He gives the character so many random idiosyncrasies that makes him more unique than his initially overly generic character. The villains suck and the supporting characters are thinly sketched so Cage's manic screen presence single-handedly carries this.
Mark Steven Johnson's direction has no authoritative style or vision but it's so scared of any scene feeling boring that there's so many different ideas thrown into the mix that it works. Christopher Young's score goes unnoticed for the most part however, it still delivers during the most important moments. It's ridiculously close to his own work on Spider-Man 3 though.
Nicolas Cage's gonzo performance and his excessively southern drawl are the biggest reason why this film is so watchable. He gives the character so many random idiosyncrasies that makes him more unique than his initially overly generic character. The villains suck and the supporting characters are thinly sketched so Cage's manic screen presence single-handedly carries this.
Mark Steven Johnson's direction has no authoritative style or vision but it's so scared of any scene feeling boring that there's so many different ideas thrown into the mix that it works. Christopher Young's score goes unnoticed for the most part however, it still delivers during the most important moments. It's ridiculously close to his own work on Spider-Man 3 though.