Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Directed by Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end. From TMDB
303 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 23 | 20 | 216 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Counted from the reviewers’ own 0–10 ratings on the 5 rated TMDB user reviews we collected (7–10 positive, 5–6 mixed, 0–4 negative), not by the AI.
Many reviewers find this sequel far worse than the first film. [1][2][3] Some viewers criticize the poor story, cheap effects, and lack of focus. [2][4][5] A few posters still appreciate Nicolas Cage's return as Johnny Blaze. [6][3]
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Wild sequel The first film from 2007 was fairly faithful to the comic. When Ghost Rider debuted in Marvel Comics in 1972 it was more of a general idea than a fully fleshed-out premise. This was clear as the stories changed from writer to writer and one artist to another. Ideas were added as the years progressed, like the "penance stare" and Blaze's growing awareness of the former angel of justice, Zarathos. The book …
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It's better to forget this movie. As I said before, in the review I wrote for “Ghost Rider”, I'm not a fan or even an expert in comics, so I'll ignore the source material and focus on the movie. I'm not the right person to say whether or not it's a reliable adaptation. However, I can already say that it is a bad movie. With all its weaknesses, the first film was a work of art when compared to this unfortunate piece. …
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Christ what kind of bum did they get to write and/or produce this one. I really, really liked the first Ghost Rider movie. This one is nowhere near that one. Sure, Nicolas Cage is doing Johnny Blaze again and they even got Christopher Lambert to play an old priest but the movie is just poorly implemented. The Ghost Rider is actually not really appearing that much and when he does, the special effects look cheap and …
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Like the First one, this film can't find its footing. Johnny Blaze is also kind of Dan Ketch and the Ghost Rider spirit is kind of both Blaze's and Ketch's possessions. It just doesn't work. It's pulled in two directions in character and because of that it can never find its footing. Like the old Indian saying "If you chase two rabbits you'll lose them both" The franchise would have benefited if they chose ONE of …
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Loved the first Ghost Rider, this one was TERRIBLE To be honest, i was really looking forward to see this movie, the trailer itself was eye-candy and highly exaggerated.The story is as bad as the actors' performance. Nicholas Cage is going a very , very bad road, his lasts movies , ''season of the witch'' and ''drive angry'' were as thin and dreadful as this one. The action in this movie was unjustified and plain …
How this was made: an AI model (deepseek-v4-flash) read 34 of the 225 public posts we collected about this film and wrote the summary, likes and dislikes, citing the posts behind each point ([n] opens the post). A second AI pass checked every statement against the posts it cites; anything it could not match was removed, and code removed any statement with quotation marks, numbers that are not in the posts, or unattributed claims about people. The split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Generated Oct 11, 2026. Method
Critics, per Wikipedia
The film opened in 3,174 theaters at No. 3, with North American box office receipts of $22.1 million, behind Safe House, which moved to No. 1 on its second weekend. The Vow, the holdover from the previous week, made less than half of Ghost Rider's opening weekend of $45.4 million. It went on to gross $51.8 million at the U.S. box office and $80.8 – 97.4 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $132.6 – 149.2 million. On Rotten Tomatoes, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance has an approval rating of 18%, based on 118 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The website's consensus reads: "With a weak script, uneven CG work, and a Nic Cage performance so predictably loony it's no longer…
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Reactions
60 of 303 · most liked firstRyan Gosling has been officially cast as Ghost Rider in the MCU ☠️🔥 • Shawn Levy will direct the upcoming ‘Ghost Rider’ film • In theaters in 2028
neutral · AI labelView post →Shawn Levy's ‘GHOST RIDER’ will be shot on film. Linus Sandgren (‘Dune: Part 3’) is the cinematographer. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was a kid I sold my copy of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for $10 so that I could buy the Ghost Rider movie game for the PS2
neutral · AI labelView post →Connor Storrie is in talks to star opposite Ryan Gosling as the villain in Marvel Studios’ ‘GHOST RIDER’ movie. (www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Connor Storrie is in talks to star in ‘GHOST RIDER’ alongside Ryan Gosling. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Gosling is... GHOST RIDER. It's official. The MCU movie will be directed by Shawn Levy.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Halloween so I want to once again remind you that in the Ghost Rider movie the guy who plays young Ghost Rider looks like Mayor Pete
neutral · AI labelView post →Marvel’s ‘GHOST RIDER’ film starring Ryan Gosling will release on July 28th, 2028.
neutral · AI labelView post →We need to destigmatize animation for the general public because a Ghost Rider animated movie with a real budget would kick so much ass and it aint happening as things are.
positive · AI labelView post →Connor Storrie is allegedly in talks to star as a villain in Marvel's 'Ghost Rider' opposite Ryan Gosling, according to The Hollywood Reporter! 🔗: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Linus Sandgren (‘Dune: Part Three’) will serve as the director of photography for ‘GHOST RIDER’ It will shoot on film. (via www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →I like Ghost Rider I like Ryan Gosling I liked Deadpool and Wolverine I will go see that movie
positive · AI labelView post →Marvel Comics writer Benjamin Percy wants the ‘GHOST RIDER’ film to embrace brutal, R-rated horror with a “Hellraiser-style” approach. “I would lean towards the R-rated horror version of the character and not do the standard cape and spandex, MCU type.” (via comicbook.com/movies/news/...)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘GHOST RIDER’ will begin filming in NYC in 2027. (via www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →They made a GHOST RIDER movie before, but it was directed by the guy who wrote the GRUMPY OLD MEN movies and BIG BULLY. 20 years later it's time to finally do it right, with the director of BIG FAT LIAR, the CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN and PINK PANTHER remakes and the NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM series.
negative · AI labelView post →Connor Storrie is in talks to play the villain in ‘GHOST RIDER’ (via www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Ryan Gosling, but to be honest I’d rather have a Ghost Rider movie reboot with Gabriel Luna’s Robbie Reyes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We didn’t get nearly enough of him.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s also pretty funny that Eva Mendes did a GHOST RIDER movie before her significant other Ryan Gosling did.
neutral · AI labelView post →Blade had three movies and a TV show and at least half of those were good. Ghost Rider has never had a good movie. But here we are
negative · AI labelView post →Ryan Gosling will officially be joining the MCU in "Ghost Rider", directed by Shawn Levy — in theaters 2028.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kevin Feige reveals that Ryan Gosling pitched the ‘GHOST RIDER’ film to Marvel Studios. “[He] had the vision. It was Gosling who had the pitch that won over Shawn, that had them come and pitch us this idea, which led to us on stage today.” (via www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Couldn’t get a fucking Blade movie off the ground and expect me to pop off for Deadpool and Wolverine Man directing fuckin Ghost Rider like yeah sure Kevin whatever you say
negative · AI labelView post →Marvel Studios Officially Sets Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider Film for July 2028 Release.
neutral · AI labelView post →We’re doing another Cinema News Roundup on marvelous in January and my preliminary notes are filled with such horrors like “Shawn Levy Ghost Rider Shot on Film”
neutral · AI labelView post →Oscar Isaac on potentially making a ‘MIDNIGHT SONS’ film with Ryan Gosling and Mahershala Ali: “Me in the back of the bike just holding on to [Gosling’s Ghost Rider], you know? I mean, come on, man. Fire and Cape. That’s the poster.” (via youtu.be/atIIaCYpnv0?...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ghost Rider gets a new movie every 100 comics. CMRO lists Johnny Blaze as starring in only about 300 issues ever, about as many as like Captain Britain or Bishop or Dazzler. Nobody wants to look at pictures of fire skull man, but they do want to look at videos of him
negative · AI labelView post →a Ghost Rider Movie with Ryan Gosling fucks so hard. I'm sorry , I love Ghost Rider. Gimme Demonic shit & Black Panther 3 on 70mm Film is awesome. Ryan Coogler cooks hard + Denzel. BP 2 is super underrated. Behind gotg movies it might be my favorite (shoot me for liking a movie with actual themes)
positive · AI labelView post →This is some cherry picking... This is how fake news spreads, by being deliberately deceitful. I'm just going to copy paste this list that can easily be found on Reddit that has over 30 entries. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty Inhumans (movie) Gotg spin offs Runaways (movie) Iron man 4 Ghost Rider (show) Damage Control (show) Captain Britain and the Black Knight (show) New warriors (show) Most Wanted (show) Warriors three Okoye (show) Eternals (show) Hawkeye (movie) The incredible…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Gosling Pitched His Own ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie to Marvel as Studio Slows Down Output to Restore Quality: ‘When Quantity Is So Much, You Get Spread Thin’.
neutral · AI labelView post →New ep & BIG WOO'S are back for Comic Con 🎉 We've got heaps of stuff like new Ghost Rider, Black Panther, Neuromancer, Blade Runner, Doomsday, everyone still having a normal one about The Odyssey movie and much more somehow!! Available now on all pod apps #weeklyplanetpod
neutral · AI labelView post →If you hype a movie up and tell me to watch it, I will not watch it. You gotta reverse psychology me into watching a movie. Tell me you hate it. Tell me it was as bad as Ghost Rider. Tell me it seemed like it was directed by M Night Shyamalan.
negative · AI labelView post →Share an ACTION movie title that begins with the letter “G” 🎥 G is for… Ghost Rider 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Surprised you don't see many people these days talking about the time Nic Cage did a huge fiery piss in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Honestly should be referenced in every discussion about every single movie Does it have a scene as good as Nic Cage doing a fire piss? No, it probably does not.
positive · AI labelView post →That one time I got to draw Danny Ketch. Reminds me of a Canadian actor whose name I’m forgetting. Niche actor. They should cast him if they ever get a Ghost Rider movie off the ground.
neutral · AI labelView post →SDCC2026: "Ghost Rider" starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Shawn Levy. https://xcancel.com/HollywoodHandle/status/2081184701176324180
neutral · AI labelView post →My main takeaway from the Ghost Rider news is "I guess Ryan Gosling and Shawn Levy must have gotten along really well on the set of their Star Wars movie and Gosling wants to continue working with him."
neutral · AI labelView post →I like Gosling a lot, but if Marvel is hoping his star power can make GHOST RIDER a hit, they may want to check the box office on THE FALL GUY (a good movie that audiences skipped)
negative · AI labelView post →Ryan Gosling Pitched His Own ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie to Marvel as Studio Slows Down Output to Restore Quality: ‘When Quantity Is So Much, You Get Spread Thin’.
neutral · AI labelView post →'SPIDER-MAN 4' will use the "Blaze Films, Inc." production company. The same production company that was used for the 'GHOST RIDER' film, back in 2007. (via AlexFromCC | Twitter/X)
neutral · AI labelView post →Shawn Levy Ghost Rider movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Is this a good time to admit I feel Some Kind Of Way about them canceling Blade but announcing a movie for White Ghost Rider
negative · AI labelView post →next Ghost Rider movie they should do a montage of him dragging souls back to hell to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Look...they are EXTREMELY stupid fucking movies, but I adore the Ghost Rider movies. They're enjoyably silly. Also, his first transformation is one of the most metal comic book movie scenes ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ghost Rider will reportedly appear in multiple #MCU projects including the ‘MIDNIGHT SONS’ film. No one has been cast yet. (via Daniel RPK | www.patreon.com/posts/120840...)
neutral · AI labelView post →next Ghost Rider movie they should do a montage of him dragging souls back to hell to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Now rewatching Ghost Rider (2007)! 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →I have zero confidence in a new Ghost Rider movie being better than either of the Nic Cage movies, which are pretty delightful throwaway popcorn sleaze.
positive · AI labelView post →Ghost Rider is like Lobo to me in that he's such an inherently goofy character that nothing would shock me more than if a movie about him was actually great.
neutral · AI labelView post →So now that I have watched the Ghost Rider duology, my opinion on them is as follows: The first film is a guilty pleasure. I had fun watching it. The second one is so bad it's good. It's...incomprehensible as a movie. But god damn it, I had a blast and was laughing the whole time XD
neutral · AI labelView post →#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday Why Don't You Play In Hell (2013) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) Corey Feldman vs. The World (2025) Moonfleet (1955)
neutral · AI labelView post →Wild seeing people act like it's a shock that Marvel hired Shawn Levy to make the Ghost Rider film... guys, the last film he made for them earned over a billion at the box office, it was the second highest-grossing film of the year it came out. THAT is why they hired him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash cut to black, and then the title screen comes up: 'Ghost Rider: Running Down the Dead' [beat] A Martin Scorsese Film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ghost Rider movie but at what cost........
neutral · AI labelView post →Shawn Levy Ghost Rider movie
neutral · AI labelView post →My money is still on "Doom wins, heals his face under the mask, takes it off and it's not RDJ it's Ryan Gosling and Ghost Rider film is vaporware cover to hide Gosling as Doom."
neutral · AI labelView post →Marvel Studios Officially Sets Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider Film for July 2028 Release.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another Ghost Rider movie... Cool. cool. But I think we all know what the people want to see. 👇🏻
neutral · AI labelView post →Marvel has just revealed at San Diego Comic Con that Ryan Gosling has been cast in the title role of an upcoming “Ghost Rider” film. Gosling will re-team with his ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ collaborator Shawn Levy who will direct the film, which is slated for release in 2028. #Marvel #SDCC #GhostRider
neutral · AI labelView post →At the risk of starting a thing, I’m going to admit I liked the Ghost Rider movie.
positive · AI labelView post →The Jesus horror movie starring Ghost Rider, a short that wasn’t great, one of the sickest music videos ever, and Katamari Damacy: The Movie. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
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