Ghostrider 2:Spirit of Blah!

It's a BANDH today, and therefore if you are chilling at home you would probably wanna unwind by watching a flick. I am going to help you make that decision today. Continuing with the MARVEL saga, we have one of the most unpopular heroes of Marvel-Ghostrider for his second outing at the cinemas.
The movie had released earlier this year to a decent box office response despite the first one being a dud and the critics and audience reviews were even worse than the first part.

Now if you have seen the first one, you are probably not to keen to watch this one, as was the case with me initially. But you know what, you mite just end up liking this one or at least finding it tolerable.
The reason I say this is because, with the first one there were expectations-HUGE expectations. The trailer looked phenomenal and with Nicholas Cage & Eva Mendes it looked like the dream Summer Blockbuster-Sadly it failed to live upto the hype. Now though, the franchise is down in the dumps and even an average flick seems better than what it really is.

Now coming to the movie.Firstly Eva Mendes is missing without so much of an explanation as to where her character has gone. Johnny Blaze is still the Ghost Rider but is in constant struggle to keep the Rider away at night, much like how Mark Rufallo tries to keep the Hulk away in Avengers.
Then comes the favorite word in the whole world for Johnny-A DEAL.A drunken priest-Mourau strikes a deal with Johnny to save a certain boy who has been captured by mercenaries who work for Roarke(The Devil who struck the deal with Johnny) and in exchange Mourau would help him remove the curse of the Ghost Rider. Johnny grabs this opportunity with both hands and things seem to go smooth enough with an obvious interaction with the boy's mom-Nadya as the three of them manage to escape from the mercenaries(one of whom is Nadya's ex) and go to the monastery where Mourau and the rest of the priests reside. Here Mourau honors his promise as well as there is an unexpected discovery of who really is the 'Spirit' that make him the Ghost Rider. Probably among the more interesting parts of the movie. After this there is a twist of tale as Nadya's ex returns as BLACKOUT, with powers to make the surroundings dark and decay anything he touches. At the end you know who really wins and it's Blah Blah again.

Now, the special FX in most parts of the movie are well done but whenever they focus on the Rider's Face, it seems tacky and unnecessary especially because they do it time and time again. Direction is sloppy and so is the writing. What carries this movie is the visual spectacle and Nicholas Cage as usual. It's so crazy though, and credible too, that Nicholas stars in so many flops but still manages to retain his market value, quite a rare thing considering the kind of movies he does.

Nevertheless watch the movie if you have already taken the first plunge in the series. You hopefully will not regret it.

I'm going with 2 out of 5 for Ghost Rider:Spirit of Vengeance.

P.S-I'm guessing The Ghost Rider will ditch his bike soon considering the steep hike in Petrol Prices ;-) Hehe...
Keep Reeling!!!