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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance. In this new vision for the character, Johnny is still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter - but he may risk everything as he teams up with the leader of a group of rebel monks to save a young boy from the devil... and possibly rid himsel...

Directed By: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Written By: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, David S. Goyer

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
34
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 393 User Ratings
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Summary Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance. In this new vision for the character, Johnny is still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter - but he may risk everything as he teams up with the leader of a group of rebel monks to save a young boy from the devil... and possibly rid himsel...

Directed By: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Written By: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, David S. Goyer

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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9% Positive
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59% Mixed
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32% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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9% Positive
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59% Mixed
13 Reviews
32% Negative
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80
Oct 4, 2017
Directed by the team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the new film brings all the cartoonish insanity of the pair's Crank saga to the -- let's face it -- cartoonishly insane concept of the Ghost Rider, a burning skeleton in leather who rides an equally fiery motorcycle. It's a match made in, er, hell.
By Scott Collura FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 17, 2012
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance offers Cage plenty of opportunities to tap his inner circus geek, to twitch, cackle and flail without shame, going full tilt batwing crazy. Not since he danced in a pagan bear suit in The Wicker Man has Cage appeared this unconcerned about what the audience will think.
By Steve Persall FULL REVIEW

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4.2
23% Positive
92 Ratings
29% Mixed
113 Ratings
48% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 393 User Ratings
4.2
23% Positive
92 Ratings
29% Mixed
113 Ratings
48% Negative
188 Ratings

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  • Negative Reviews
10
MW3ISCRAP
Mar 11, 2013
THIS IS THE BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!! IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT AVENGERS AND THE DARK KNIGHT RISES CRAP!!!!!!!! GREAT CHARACTERS,GREAT PERFORMANCES AND GREAT STORY. FINAL SCORE: 11/10
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10
extrafizz
Jan 3, 2013
epic
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50
Feb 17, 2012
Cage-ophiles will find some delectable freakouts in Blaze's transformation - or near transformation - scenes. Otherwise, the committee-penned script combines yokel-friendly haw-haw irreverence (non-sequitur cutaways to the Rider pissing in a flamethrower pattern) and sweaty monologues about "controlling the Rider" (the character is basically a mean drunk's superhero).
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 17, 2012
Alas, unlike the duo's Crank films - also about a hero on the verge of explosion - Spirit of Vengeance lacks a solid gimmick to unify their transgressive gambits.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 16, 2012
Like "Ghost Rider: Low Voltage," this is a surprisingly underpowered excursion into Marvel's mad world by Neveldine and Taylor. More purgatory than hellfire.
By Helen O'Hara FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 18, 2012
For acting to be this bad in movie not directed by Michael Bay or George Lucas, it has to be intentional.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
0
Feb 17, 2012
One look at the dreadful mess that is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will turn your whisper into a primal Cage scream: MAKE THIS MOVIE STOP!
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
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10
mattyabrams
Sep 19, 2012
epic film, i swear all the critics who reviewed this must have been lobotomized, they think that cinema should be realistic, logical, and humane, which defeats the purpose, as films serve as an escape from reality, why, unless they're based on true historical events, must they conform to the laws of reality, again, it defeats the purpose, just keep this in mind the next time you see someone hate a film because it's 'unrealistic' and if the whim takes you, SLAP THEM.
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6
Sosmooth1982
May 18, 2023
Not any where close to being as good as the first. At least it still has Nicholas Cage. He's the only one from part one in this movie. It's just an ok movie.
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Amirhosein2005
May 11, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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liamexe
Apr 16, 2023
A pretty poor plot, with the impression that they were only attempting to pass the time. Create the illusion that pupils shot a homemade movie as a graduation project.
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Fireblaster31
Dec 11, 2021
How can you even say this is better than the original one? It has nothing going on but the cool aesthetics of the possessed things
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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Marvel Entertainment, Crystal Sky Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Avi Arad Productions, Marvel Knights
Release Date Feb 17, 2012
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline He rides again.
Website https://marvel.com/movies/movie/173/ghost_rider_spirit_of_vengeance
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Awards

Razzie Awards
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BET Awards
• 1 Nomination
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 1 Nomination

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