Nothing to ride high about here Even Cage's antics unable to redeem 'Ghost Rider'.(News)(Movie review)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2007 | by Sobczynski, Peter

Byline: Peter Sobczynski Daily Herald Contributing Critic "Ghost Rider" * out of four Starring As Nicolas Cage Johnny Blaze Eva Mendes Roxanne Simpson Peter Fonda Mephistopheles Wes Bentley Blackheart Written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Produced by Avi Arad, Steven Paul, Michael De Luca and Gary Foster.

A Columbia Pictures release. Rated PG-13 (violence) Running time: 114 minutes. "Ghost Rider" may not be the worst big-screen adaptation of a comic book ever made, but there's a good possibility it may the silliest - a perfect storm of a pap that brings together one of the most incoherent plots ever filmed, the cheapest-looking special effects that $120 million can buy and the sight of Nicolas Cage inexplicably embarrassing...

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