Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

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Zach and Chris discuss the film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and its over-the-top elements.

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris ride with Johnny Blaze and discuss Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, as Nicolas Cage returns as a live-action superhero in Prime Video's Spider-Noir. The follow-up to 2007's Ghost Rider and the second (and final) movie under the Marvel Knights banner, Cage returns as Johnny Blaze, cursed with the demonic Ghost Rider inside of him. He's hiding out in Eastern Europe but gets pulled into a mission to save a young boy, Danny (Fergus Riordan), from Roarke (Ciaran Hinds), aka Mephisto, the demon lord who made the deal that cursed Johnny. Along with Roarke, Johnny is up against Carrigan (Johnny Whitworth), a mercenary who is transformed into the supernatural Blackout and can cause things to decay with his touch. Zach and Chris discuss the over-the-top Nicolas Cage performance, the massive hell-powered excavator, Idris Elba's wacky French accent, the movie's many awkward moments (like the Penance Stare), and more. You can rent/buy Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance on Prime Video and Apple TV. Next week, we head to Eternia to discuss the original Masters of the Universe movie as the new movie from Travis Knight hits theaters. We want…

People in this episode

Hosts: Zach, Chris

Topics covered

• Ghost Rider
• Nicolas Cage
• superheroes
• film discussion
• Marvel Knights
• action movies

Keywords

• Ghost Rider
• Nicolas Cage
• Marvel
• supernatural
• action film
• movie review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prime Video, Apple TV

Books & works: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Masters of the Universe

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