A few months ago, the teaser for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance -ahem- lit the internet on fire with it’s depiction of a gleeful Johnny Blaze urinating napalm over some unsuspecting victims. This time Nicholas Cage and his crazy wigs are back with a new trailer.
It’s a lot more plot-heavy and serious in tone than the first one. I don’t know if I’m on board with it, or not. Especially now that I know that rescuing a kid from becoming the Anti-Christ is the main plot point.
It looks a little euro-trashy, doesn’t it? If I’m not mistaken, they did a lot of filming in Romania.
But you know what? The action scenes look sick. Speed. Power. Authority. Those were the words that kept coming to mind for me while I was watching this. Whoever decided to give the Rider that charred look hit the nail on the head. I’d rather the film be trashy but serious instead of trashy and goofy like the first one.
What’s your take on the least-likely superhero movie sequel since Rise of the Silver Surfer? Leave your comments below!
It has 2 tickets sold!
I love the Neveldine and Taylor (to the extent I bought the blu ray of ‘Jonah Hex’)
Kinda disappointed that it is PG-13, would have been cool to see them go for a hard R, still super pumped for it. Gonna be an awesome super hero filled year in 2012
I just can’t help but think of the second Punisher movie (well… the third, really). It was more violent, more action-oriented and sort of better.
The violence in the second Punisher movie made an otherwise bad movie tolerable. The whole thing was over the top and cartoonish, but it was inventive. I do kind of have a soft spot for that movie.
After 3 Punisher movies, I really can’t figure out why Hollywoood can’t get the tone right. They made, like, FIVE Death Wish movies. Just do that. You’ll be golden!