Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Short description
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance finds Johnny Blaze living in seclusion in Eastern Europe, trying to keep the demon inside him in check. A monk named Moreau seeks him out, asking for help in finding a woman named Nadya and her young son Danny. A mysterious and powerful figure named Roarke is also after the boy, and Blaze's only way to protect him is to call on the Ghost Rider once more, hoping he can keep the spirit under control.
The film is the second entry in the Ghost Rider series and stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze. Fergus Riordan plays Danny, Violante Placido is Nadya, Ciarán Hinds plays Roarke and Idris Elba appears as Moreau. It was directed by Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine, the pair whose earlier credits together include Crank, Crank: High Voltage and Gamer; each went on to further directing work afterwards. The screenplay is credited to David S. Goyer, Seth Hoffman and Scott M. Gimple.
Made for about 57 million dollars, the film took in roughly 133 million dollars worldwide. Audiences were unenthusiastic: it holds a rating of 4.4 out of 10 on IMDb from around 134,000 votes, and 5 out of 10 on TMDB from more than 4,000 votes. A critics' rating of 4 out of 10, based on 119 reviews, sits close to those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming began in November 2010 and took place in Romania in the cities of Bucharest, Sibiu, Rovinari, and Hunedoara, at Lake Vidraru, on the Transfăgărășan highway, and at Corvin Castle. Filming also took place in Turkey: in Cappadocia (cave city) and Pamukkale (Greco-Roman theater in the ancient city of Hierapolis).
- Peter Fonda (1940-2019) initially expressed a desire to play the Devil again, but after reading the script, he abandoned the idea. This only benefited the filmmakers, who wanted to show that the Devil is capable of inhabiting a wide variety of people.
- The Ghost Rider was created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, and Mike Ploog. The character first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #5 in 1973. This film is not based on any specific storyline from the comics.
- Once, Nicolas Cage shocked the entire film crew by showing up on set in the makeup of Baron Samedi from Guy Hamilton's (1922-2016) action film “Live and Let Die” (1973), the eighth film in the Bond series, where the character was played by Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014). The flaming skull of the Ghost Rider was added to the footage using digital technology after filming was completed.
- In preparation for the role, Christopher Lambert spent three months practicing fencing and shaved his head.
- Christopher Lambert had to wear makeup depicting tattoos that completely covered his head. Applying and removing the makeup was such a lengthy process that one day he decided not to remove it at the end of the shooting day, and walked around like that until the end of filming.
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