From Marvel Comics, comes a new hero... Ghost Rider. Long ago, superstar motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze made a deal with the devil to protect the ones he loved most: his father and his childhood sweetheart, Roxanne (Eva Mendes). Now, the devil has come for his due. By day, Johnny is a die-hard stunt rider... but at night, in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Forced to do the devil's bidding, Johnny is determined to confront his fate and use his curse and powers to defend the innocent.
When it comes to comic book movies, I seem to always put them on a sliding scale. There are the Spider-Man movies, the X-Men movies, and the original Batman (as well as Batman Begins) in the upper tier. Then there are the middle of the road comic book movies like Batmans two and three from the orginal franchise, Fantastic Four, and the Blade franchise. Then there are the stupid ones like Daredevil and The Punisher. I would put Ghost Rider in the middle of the road category. It wasn't good enough to be considered one of the greats but was far from being a steaming pile of dung. They developed the character enough in the beginning, the effects on Ghost Rider were really cool, and the action/fight scenes were pretty good. I think the biggest thing holding this movie back was the villian. He wasn't a big name villian and he really didn't seem like much of a match for Ghost Rider.
I would recommend this movie as being worthy of checking out. It's not totally awesome, but it is definitely above average.
