Ghost Rider is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film was written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, and stars Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze, with Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Matt Long, and Peter Fonda in supporting roles.
Plot
Over one hundred years ago, the devil Mephistopheles sent his bounty hunter of the damned, the Ghost Rider, to retrieve a document known as the contract of San Venganza, a list of a thousand corrupt souls. Seeing that the contract would give Mephistopheles the power to unleash hell on Earth, the rider refuses to give him the contract. In 1986, Mephistopheles reaches out to 17-year-old stunt motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze, offering to cure his father's cancer in exchange for Blaze's soul, an offer he hastily accepts. The next morning, Blaze awakes to discover that his father's cancer is cured, but he is killed that same day in a motorcycle stunt in which he falls into the ring of fire through which he jumps. Blaze accuses Mephistopheles of causing his father's death, but Mephistopheles considers their contract to be fulfilled and promises to one day see him again.
Publication Information
- Title : Ghost Rider
- Label : 1
- Directed by Mark Steven Johnson
- Produced by :
- Avi Arad
- Steven Paul
- Michael De Luca
- Gary Foster
- Written by : Mark Steven Johnson
- Based on : Ghost Rider by
- Gary Friedrich
- Roy Thomas
- Mike Ploog
- Music by : Christopher Young
- Cinematography : Russell Boyd
- Edited by : Richard Francis-Bruce
- Production companies :
- Columbia Pictures
- Marvel Entertainment
- Distributed by : Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date :
- January 15, 2007 : Ukraine
- February 16, 2007 : United States
- Running time :
- 110 minutes : Original version
- 123 minutes : Extended cut
- Country : United States
- Language : English
21 years later, Blaze has become a famous stunt motorcycle rider known for surviving numerous deadly crashes. Blaze meets his lifelong sweetheart Roxanne Simpson, now a news reporter, whom he abandoned after his father's death. He convinces her to attend a dinner date. Meanwhile, Blackheart, the demonic son of Mephistopheles, comes to Earth, along with three fallen angels who bonded with the elements air, earth, and water.
Cast
- Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider : Nicolas Cage
- Roxanne Simpson : Eva Mendes
- Blackheart / Legion : Wes Bentley
- Carter Slade / Caretaker / Phantom Rider : Sam Elliott
- Mephisto / The Devil : Peter Fonda
- Barton Blaze : Brett Cullen
- Captain Jack Dolan : David Roberts
- Gressil / Fallen Angel : aurence Breuls
- Wallow / Fallen Angel : Daniel Frederiksen
- Abigor / Fallen Angel : Mathew Wilkinson
- Girl in the alley : Rebel Wilson
- Mack : Donal Logue
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